Women of WWII: Women On The Front Lines & the Home Front

A reminder that Barbara Warner Deane will be at the Frontenac Historical Society on Sunday, March 16th at 2pm. Barbara is an award winning author of four (4) published novels which feature strong women and small towns.

She will present "Women of World War II: On the Front Lines and the Home Front". This program is held in conjunction with Women's History Month.

Also, it is exciting that a new exhibit will be unveiled recognizing Local Women in the Military which honors local women in the military over time.

This event is free and open to the public, however, contributions are always welcome to support the museum and future programs. We hope to see you!

A National Park for Women's Rights

The Genoa Historical Association and Museum invites you to listen to Judy Hart speak on A National Park for Women's Rights: The Campaign That Made it Happen. This will be Zoom presentation on Saturday, March 29, 2025 from 1 - 2:30pm.

In 1978 the author proposed the development of The Women's Rights National Historical Park. The park's centerpiece is the Wesleyan Chapel that was the site of the 1848 women's rights conference that first called for the right for women to vote. However, in 1980 the Chapel was a deteriorating laundromat! This is her story of bringing that dream to fruition - challenging rules, flouting policies, and tenaciously leading the campaign to create a park that now holds and tells that story of being a woman during that era that took place almost in our back yard.

Zoom Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88656668801

Meeting ID: 886 5666 8801

Passcode: 682817

Women of WWII: On the Front Lines & the Home Front

Barb Warner Deane

Barb Warner Deane will be the speaker at the Frontenac Historical Society & Museum on March 16th at 2pm. She is the award author of four published novels and a public speaker on the role of American women in World War II. Her books feature strong women and small towns.

The Frontenac Museum will have a grand opening of a new exhibit honoring women who have served in the military from our local communities. Visitors had commented that there was a lack of women representatives in the Thomas Eldred Military History Room.

So, the curators began to look at ways to address the issue. They perused the 1976 Springport Bicentennial Record and came up with 6 names of women who served in WWII and the Korean War. An appeal was put out for other women, who served in the military, to contact the museum. This appeal led to over 25 women with representatives from Vietnam to the present. Each 'lead' required research for bits and pieces relating to these names. High school yearbooks, newspaper articles, phone calls and emails for information or photos was undertaken.

At the upcoming March program, it is expected that there will be profiles of the women identified, but will continue to collect names and stories of women from the areas represented by the museum as part of an on-going chapter of local history.

We hope to see you at this exciting program. If you know of a woman who served or is still serving in the military, please contact the museum at 315-889-7273 or email us at frontenac178@gmail.com. It will allow us to add to our base of knowledge and history.

Free parking and refreshments will be served. Looking forward to seeing you!