Journey of Mollie's War: WACS & WWII

Name: Journey of Mollie's War: WACS & WWII
Start: 2025-03-20T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-20T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 1010 Canal Street, 61350

Schedule

Thu Mar 20 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1010 Canal Street, 61350 | Ottawa, IL

Join Illinois Humanities Road Scholar, Cyndee Schaffer, as she uses excerpts from her mother’s letters written home during WWII to provide a romantic yet frightful glimpse into the life of a woman in uniform during this crucial time in history. Cyndee will detail her mother’s experiences from basic training in 1943 to a dramatic image of the the Statue of Liberty in the midst of darkness in 1945 when she returned home.
Illinois Humanities is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy Demands Wisdom and the Illinois General Assembly (through the Illinois Arts Council Agency), as well as by contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations.