Our Very Own: Women in World War II

Wed, Oct 23 2024

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Antioch Community Room 1

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Subjects

History

Age Group

For adults

Series

Veteran's Salute

Presenter

Mary Schmidt

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Registration Required

Join Mary L. Schmidt as she brings the stories and the uniforms of women in World War II to life. She will explore the unheralded contributions that women in the military made to the war effort. You will be introduced to the Kansas girl that inspired cartoonist Milton Caniff’s “Taffy Tucker, Army Nurse”.

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