Local Author Speaks About Women in WWII at Patterson Library

Online, July 23, 2013 (Newswire.com) - During the one hour presentation John Cilio adeptly transports the reader back to the era when men went off to war and the majority of women remained behind to care for families and fill the enormous gaps left vacant by the soldiers.

From it's very start you will meet the amazing everyday working and service women of WWII that changed America forever. Because of their efforts the workplace would never be the same. You will see by day they worked and after work they volunteered endless hours to help the overall war effort and service personnel, they ran bond drives, scrap drives, wrapped G.I. packages for Christmas, and so much more. Women trained diligently and became excellent machinists, carpenters, meteorologists, radio broadcasters, farm workers, nurses and munitions specialists. Women enlisted in every branch of service available to them and served around the globe bravely and proudly. This book provides insight into women's emergence from their traditional role of mother and secondary income producer.

The discussion and photos document the chain of circumstances that propelled the nation to realize that women can be an overtly sustaining force within our society. These women imagined success and achieved it but when the war ended and so did female equality. The book concludes with how the women of WWII would not accept that outcome and worked in and with Congress, with the president, the unions and across the courts. Their objective: remove the barriers to equal pay for equal work and provide a workplace that would be free from gender discrimination.

Join the lively conversation, hear the stories you never knew about and learn some of the reasons that the Allies won WWII. You will be surprised how these women, from a lifetime ago impact your workday today.