We area College at War: American Women in WW II
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Presented by
Illinois State Historical Society
We area College at War: American Women in WW II lecturer Catherine Forsland.
This lecture explores the variety of activities of women in the war-time United
States drawn largely from sources based in the womens college experience,
especially the women enrolled in Rockford College. Before and during the war,
college women-like so many others-were concerned about conscription, the nation
entering the war, and helping to bring about victory through activism, factory
work, and military service. They followed the war and often the fates of
friends and loved ones through news reels and correspondence across thousands
of miles. Looking at experiences both on the home front and abroad, a picture
emerges that illustrates womens vital commitment and contribution made in
civilian and military life as well as their difficulties faced during the war.