Battling to Serve: Black Female Nurses through the WWI Era

Name: Battling to Serve: Black Female Nurses through the WWI Era
Start: 2025-03-09T13:00:00-05:00
Location: 6799 Guilford Road, Rockford, IL, United States, Illinois 61107

Schedule

Sun, 09 Mar, 2025 at 01:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

6799 Guilford Road, Rockford, IL, United States, Illinois 61107 | Rockford, IL

Celebrate Women's History Month at Midway Village Museum for "Battling to Serve: Black Female Nurses through the WWI Era."
At the beginning of WWI trained Black nurses were barred from serving in the Army Nurse Corps. Hear about the Black nurses who were the first to serve in the Army Nurse Corps during the 1918-1919 flu pandemic and the nine Black nurses who served at Rockford’s Camp Grant.
Lecture presented by Stephanie D. Smith, PhD., Research Assistant for Jane Rhodes, Professor of Black Studies and LAS Associate Dean for Research, University of Illinois at Chicago
March 9, 2025 1 p.m.
ADMISSION RATES:
$10 adult, $8 children (5-12), $8 seniors (62+), museum members FREE.
Entrance to the museum galleries is included in admission.
Please note the program will begin promptly at 1pm.
Members, please call for reservations or check in when you arrive for the event.
Questions? Call 815-397-9112.