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The Greatest Gift

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How it feels

This is a daytime soap opera from the 1950s about doctors, families, and small-town conflicts. It follows Dr. Eve Allen, one of the first women doctors on TV, as she navigates personal and professional relationships.

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What happens

The Greatest Gift is an American TV daytime soap opera on NBC that ran between 1954 and 1955, featuring Ward Costello, Anne Meara and Jack Klugman as Jim Hanson. Dr. Eve Allen, played by Anne Burr, was one of the first TV women doctors. One of the last storylines before cancellation was a couple adopting a black-market baby. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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