American Women in a World at War Book Discussion May 12

A discussion of American Women in a World at War will take place at the Coloma Public Library on Thursday, May 12 from 5:30-7pm. The book discussion is part of programming related to the exhibit A Few Good Women: Women in the Military During the Second World War, which is on display at the North Berrien Historical Museum from April 1 - May 27, 2011.

American Women in a World at War is a selection of contemporary accounts written by women in the 1940s. While many historical accounts are compiled many years after the fact, these stories come directly from the war period. The book is composed of twenty-five writings by women who share rich and varied experiences offering eloquent testimony that World War Two was indeed "everybody's war." Discussion participants will enjoy first-hand accounts including Army nurses in the Phillipines, Navy Nurses at Pearl Harbor, Coast Guard SPARs in New York, female factory workers, and recollections of life on the homefront while husbands and fathers were away at war.

The book is a quick read at 200 pages. Copies of the book are available at Coloma Public Library, Watervliet District Libary or for sale at Lakeside Books in downtown Coloma.