March 8: Panel discussion takes on Women in WWII

“Military Women in World War II: Inspiring Hope and Possibility” is the subject of a panel discussion set for 4-6 p.m. Monday, March 8 in MTSU’s Hazelwood Dining Room in the James Union Building.

This event will feature a lecture, a reading, and a panel discussion on women’s military service in the United States armed forces during World War II.

The keynote speaker will be Vickie Riggan, a Navy veteran and Nashville public school teacher who has done extensive research on the subject and who donated her research collections to the Gore Research Center and the Women’s Studies Program Library.

Elinor Folk, also of Nashville, will read from letters she wrote to her mother while serving in the WAVES as a Link flight simulation instructor in Pensacola, Fla.

The lecture and reading will be followed by a panel discussion involving women World War II veterans who have participated in the Gore Center’s Veterans Oral History Project.

Amy Staples, MTSU Department of History, will serve as the moderator.

Refreshments will be served following the program.

The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Albert Gore Research Center, the Department of History and National Women’s History Month.

For more information, contact Lisa Pruitt at 898-2632, or e-mail her at [email protected].