Women's History Month - Tribute on March 30

WANTED: WOMEN OF WORLD WAR II

Whether with the military as WACs, WAVEs, or WASPs, as nurses, ambulance drivers, or Red Cross volunteers, American women responded to poster message "Uncle Sam Wants You"   Others joined the work force as "Rosie the Riveter" or "Winnie the Welder" to mass produce the ships, planes, tanks, and guns for the war effort in the 1940s.
         
The Bergen County League of Women Voters will pay tribute to these women on March 30, as their traditional commemoration of Women’s History Month. The event will be held in the afternoon at Bergen Community College; specifics to be reported at a later date.

Unfortunately only a few of that "Greatest Generation" survive today and we want to reach all who reside in Bergen   If you have any information about a woman who was so involved, perhaps your local veteran's organization can help, please  contact us via e-mail lwvbergen@gmail.com  or call  (201)  391-5617  and leave a message.

Appropriate articles, which help to explain how things were during the war years, are also being sought for display- -please no weapons.  We want to make this period of history come alive for the generations who are too young to remember back then.

The League is a nonpartisan organization functioning on national, state, county and local levels in the United States. It is highly regarded for its strict adherence to this mission.