Our Very Own: Women in World War II

Thu, Oct 24 2024

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Excelsior Springs Community Room

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Subjects

History

Age Group

For adults

Series

Veteran's Salute 2024

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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