AT HIGH. >> HOW 81 AND BITTERS. SO YES, THINGS LOOKING GOOD. I MEAN IT
AS WELL.
>> 50 YEARS LATER, WE’RE STILL
ALIVE. THE 5 OF US STILL
COMMUNICATE AND THEY JUST
CELEBRATED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
OF WOMEN. AND THERE ARE NOW
500 WOMEN OF THE SECRET SERVICE
THAT STARTED WITH 5. ARE THERE
ENOUGH NOW OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT?
NO OTHER ALWAYS THE PERFECT
SITUATION. NOW. BUT WE WE GOT
THE DOOR OPEN NOW. MON MON
MESSAGES. KEEP GOING FORWARD,
KEEP BEING POSITIVE AND WORK
TOGETHER TO MAKE THE WHOLE
MISSION. WHATEVER YOU’RE DOING
BETTER.
>> BACK IN 1970, A GROUP OF
5 WOMEN MADE HISTORY BECOMING
THE FIRST FEMALE. SO BECOME
SECRET SERVICE AGENTS. ONE OF
THOSE WOMEN HAS BEEN LIVING IN
SOUTH TEXAS FOR MOST OF HER
LIFE. SHE BECAME THE FIRST
FEMALE ANCHOR TO BE ON A
MORNING SHOW IN CORPUS CHRISTI.
>> AND SARAH ACOSTA SPOKE WITH
KATHRYN CHILDERS ABOUT THE
WHOLE SHE SHOT THROUGH THE
GLASS CEILING AND WHAT IT WAS
LIKE PROTECTING PEOPLE LIKE THE
KENNEDY CHILDREN. SO SARA AND
MAKDESSI HAVE A DEEP GRIEF OF
WHAT THE STORY WAS ALL ABOUT.
>> IT SAYS YOU EXPLAIN YOUR
STORY. KATHRYN CHILDERS WAS ONE
OF THE FIRST 5 WOMEN TO BECOME
A SECRET SERVICE AGENTS IN
1970. SO WHAT ABOUT THE
POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE? WAS IT
LIKE DURING THAT TIME? HOW IS
THIS EXPERIMENT? OKAY. SO SHE
WROTE ABOUT THIS IN HER BOOK
WHICH I’VE READ. I LOVED IT.
>> AND IN HER BOOK, SHE
DESCRIBES HOW THE 1960’S WAS
REALLY JUST THE LOSS OF
INNOCENCE. DURING THAT TIME
1963, YOU HAD THE ASSASSINATION
OF JFK AND 68, HIS BROTHER WHO
WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
THE TIME WAS ASSASSINATED.
AND SO THEY REALLY TALK ABOUT
THE NEED FOR MORE PROTECTION
AND THROWING WOMEN INTO THE
EQUATION TO BECOME SECRET
SERVICE AGENTS, ESPECIALLY IN
1970, PEOPLE WOULDN’T HAVE
ASSUMED THAT A WOMAN, WHAT IT
WOULD BE PROTECTING A
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE YOU
KNOW, THE QUEEN OF SPAIN WHO
WAS VISITING OR THESE HIGH
PEOPLE THAT WERE SO IMPORTANT
THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO US IN
OUR COUNTRY. SO THAT WAS THE
DECISION FOR THE SECRET
SERVICE. SHE SAYS THEY WERE THE
FIRST FEDERAL AGENCY TO HIRE
WOMEN AND TO HAVE THEM BECOME
AGENTS AND TO SERVE OUR
COUNTRY. SO WAS A REALLY BIG
STEP. BUT SHE ALSO TALKS ABOUT
HOW IT WAS A HUGE EXPERIMENT.
AND THAT WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE
ON THESE 5 WOMEN. SHE KNEW THAT
IF THEY FAILED, THEY BE FAILING
WOMEN FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS.
ART OVER BOOK IS CALLED SCARED.
FEARLESS. HOW DID DOING IT
SCARED BECOME HER LIFE DEAN.
OKAY. SO I LOVE THIS MONTREZL.
SHE SAYS HER MONTREZL DOING IT
SCARED AND SHE TALKS ABOUT HOW
WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL,
SHE WANT TO BE JUST LIKE ANY
OAKLEY.
>> SHE WAS A TOMBOY AND SHE
LOVED THAT. ANNIE OAKLEY WAS
KIND OF FEARLESS. SO WHEN SHE
WAS 8 YEARS OLD, SHE BEGGED
HER FATHER’S TEED. IT TEACH ME
HOW TO SHOOT A GUN. AND SO HE’S
LIKE, OK, IT WAS TEACHING HER
HOW TO SHOOT A 22 RIFLE WHEN
SHE WAS 8 AND SHE DIDN’T
REALIZE THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT
COMES WITH SHOOTING A GUN.
AND SO WHEN SHE WAS 8 YEARS
OLD, HE SAYS STARTED CRYING.
SHE SAID, DADDY, I’M SCARED.
AND HE JUST SAID, CATHERINE,
THEN DO IT SCARE. AND SHE DID
IT. AND SHE REALIZED THAT
SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO BE
BRAVE IN, YOU KNOW, PUT COWGIRL
BOOTS ON AND DIDN’T DO IT
SCARED AND THAT’S ON TREND.
SHE SAID THAT’S HOW SHE DID IT
WHEN SHE WAS PROTECTING, YOU
THE KENNEDY CHILDREN. SHE SAID
IT WAS REALLY TERRIFYING.
IT’S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY TO
PROTECT THESE CHILDREN THAT
HAVE GONE. THERE’S SO MUCH AT
THAT TIME. AND SHE JUST SAID,
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO JUST DO
IT SCARED. AND SHE SAID THAT
HAS BEEN HELPED HER BECOME
SUCCESSFUL IN HER LIFE. ALL
RIGHT. SO BOTH FROM CORPUS YES.
>> SEEMS LIKE YOU A PERSONAL
CONNECTION TO CATHERINE.
DESCRIBE THAT.
>> SO, YEAH, I’M OBVIOUSLY
KATHERINE HAS BEEN IN CORPUS
SINCE 1973. SHE MOVED THERE
AFTER MARRYING HER HUSBAND
AFTER SHE LEFT THE SECRET
SERVICE AND SHE AFTER THAT WHEN
SHE MOVED BACK TO CORPUS, SHE
WAS ACTUALLY A MORNING NEWS
ANCHOR IN CORPUS FOR 17 YEARS
FOR CATER POLITE TV. 3 NEWS,
WHICH WAS THE STATION THAT I
WORKED AT WHEN I WAS A MORNING
NEWS REPORTER THERE. SHE HOSTED
A STORY INTERVIEWING SO MANY
INCREDIBLE PEOPLE IN SOUTH
TEXAS AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE
FIRST FEMALE NEWS MORNING
ANCHORS IN CORPUS. SO IF IT
WASN’T FOR HER, YOU KNOW, SHE
KIND OF SET THE PATH FOR
SOMEONE LIKE ME SHE’S ALSO
KNOWN FOR BISPING A HUGE
PHILANTHROPIST IN CORPUS
CHRISTI. SHE WAS ONE OF THE
CO-FOUNDERS OF BAIT. THAT’S
WHICH IS A HUGE FESTIVAL OF
CORPUS THAT WENT ON FOR 30
YEARS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL,
MY MOM WORKED A FAST. I HAVE
FOND MEMORIES OF BEING AT BAY
SHE STARTED ORGANIZATION AFTER
A SCHOOL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
CLOUDING FOR KIDS. AND WHAT
THEY DO IS THEY DRESS UP AS
CLOWNS AND THE GOING SURE UP
CHILDREN. I VOLUNTEERED AT YOUR
SCHOOL HOSPITAL, NOT DOING HER
CHARITY, BUT WITH MY THERAPY
DOGS. SO I’M JUST I JUST BUILT
A LOT OF PERSONAL CONNECTION.
I FELT LIKE IF IT WASN’T FOR
WOMEN LIKE HER. YOU KNOW,
MYSELF AND MY OTHER CO-WORKER,
OTHER FEMALE CO-WORKERS
WOULDN’T HAVE HAD THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES. SO I’M VERY
THANKFUL FOR WHAT KATHERINE
HAS DONE. NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT
FOR SO MANY WOMEN, NOT JUST
MEN USE FIELD, BUT I MEAN, SHE
WAS ONE FOR SECRET SERVICE
AGENTS IS REALLY AMAZING.
IT REALLY IS. AND KSAT.COM.
YES. AND ALSO YOU CAN GET HER