Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
An adoptee tells the story of her quest to find her birth mother. She’s joined by two women who surrendered their babies in the decades before Roe v. Wade.
Guests
- Ann Fessler A professor of photography at the Rhode Island School of Design and a specialist in video-installation art.
- Ann Hughes President, Gateway Press; Author, "Soul Connection: Memoir of a Birthmother's Healing Journey;" surrendered her daughter in 1961 at age 21
- Margaret McMorrow Director of case management, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore; surrendered her son at age 17
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