Landmark Lectures: Colorado Women in World War II

From field hospitals, small steel companies, ammunition plants, college classrooms, and sugar beet fields, World War II profoundly transformed the women of Colorado. Historian and author Gail M. Beaton interweaves historical photographs with nearly eighty oral histories — including interviews, historical studies, newspaper accounts, and organizational records — to shed light on women’s participation in the war.

• Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., with self-guided tours of the 27,000-square-foot Highlands Ranch Mansion available. The program will begin at 7 p.m.
• A cash bar will be available with beer, wine and a specialty cocktail.
• Light appetizers are included with each ticket.

Beaton taught for more than thirty years in middle schools, high schools, and community colleges before retiring. She is a historian and author, having written Colorado Women: A History (2012), Colorado Women in World War II (2020) and co-authored with Dr. Thomas J. Noel The Women’s Bank: A Denver Success Story (2021). She is currently researching Colorado women homesteaders for a new book.

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