How Did American Women Act? Heroism on the Home Front

Women’s roles changed significantly in World War II America. Many were conscripted to join the war effort and wielded new power through jobs outside the home. Some women used their social and political positions to fight back against isolationism and sound the alarm about the plight of Europe’s Jews. A select few even put their lives at risk to organize acts of rescue. Join us to explore the role of the everyday woman during this era, as well as the mindset and motivations of a few extraordinary individuals who dared to act, including Lois Gunden, Edith Rogers, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

CO-PRESENTERS
National Women’s History Museum
Women In Film

SPEAKERS
DENISE KIERNAN, Writer, producer, and author of the New York Times
bestseller The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

GRETCHEN SKIDMORE, Director, Education Initiatives,
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

MODERATOR
DR. LORI ANN TERJESEN, Director of Education, National Women’s History Museum

LOCATION:
The Paley Center for Media
465 North Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, California

This program is free and open to the public, but reservations are required at ushmm.org/events/women-los-angeles.
For more information, please contact the Western Regional Office at 310.556.3222 or western@ushmm.org.

A reception will follow the program