Utah's Rosies: Women in WWII | Perspectives Speaker Series

Name: Utah's Rosies: Women in WWII | Perspectives Speaker Series
Start: 2025-10-13T11:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-10-13T12:00:00-06:00
Location: Utah Valley University

Schedule

Mon Oct 13 2025 at 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Utah Valley University | Orem, UT

Monday, Oct 13th from 11:00-12:00 pm at Utah Valley University, Bingham Gallery (located on the first floor of the Fulton Library)
Focusing on individual women's experiences, this lecture will highlight the variety of ways that women in Utah participated in World War II. By enlisting in military service, entering the workforce in unprecedented numbers, providing countless hours of volunteer work on the home front, and becoming advocates for peace and for Jewish and Japanese American communities, Utah women contributed in vital ways to the larger war effort.
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Speaker: Rebekah Clark is the Historical Director for Better Days, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding education about Utah women's history. She co-authored the book Thinking Women: A Timeline of Suffrage in Utah and serves as a leader of the women’s history impact team for the Utah Women and Leadership Project’s Bolder Way Forward initiative. She teaches the American women's history course at Utah Valley University.
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Know Before You Go:
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Registration is strongly encouraged to ensure your entry to the event. Admittance to the lecture will be provided to ticketholders first, with seating available (when possible) for drop-in attendees.
Paid visitor parking is available on the west side of the library and in the parking garage to the southeast of the library, next to the Student Life and Wellness Center. For more information about parking at UVU please visit: https://www.uvu.edu/parking/visitor-parking.html
Disabled (ADA) parking stalls are available in both L4 (west of the Fulton Library) and L13 (south of the Fulton Library). They are free for the first two hours. Vehicles displaying a legal DMV-issued disabled placard/plate may also park in any regular parking stall if there are no disabled-only stalls available.
Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the program.
Upon arrival, pre-registered lecture attendees are to confirm their registration by checking in with a UHS staff member.
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This lecture is being offered as part of a larger series entitled: Perspectives Lecture Series: Exploring Utah’s WWII Experience:
What was Utah's World War II experience? The Utah Historical Society's 2025 Perspectives series will explore this question from a variety of perspectives, linking past experiences to the present through the stories and voices that shaped our state's history and culture. From front-line soldiers to extensive homefront efforts due to Utah's strategic location, Utahn’s varied experiences have left a profound legacy that can still be felt across the state today. This series aims to explore how we honor and remember Utahn’s service, sacrifice, and experiences.