77 P - Working the Homefront: Women in WWII

Friday, June 2, 2017: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
BRESL 105 (Hofstra University)
Organizer:
Elyssa Faison, University of Oklahoma
"Walking the difficult road of nationalism: Amy Bailey's World War II philosophy"
Dalea Bean, University of the West Indies
"What'll Happen When they Quit Building Ships;" Reception, Depiction and Rejection of Women Shipbuilders on the Oregon Coast
Diane Simmons, City University of New York
Gendered Negotiations in Post-World War II Latvia
Mara Irene Lazda, Bronx Community College

Session Abstract

This session explores the way women in the U.S., Jamaica, the Netherlands, and Latvia responded and adapted to the specific effects of WWII on their communities. Around the world women demonstrated their ability to exercise agency during wartime through protests, scholarly work, espionage, seeking refuge, and community building.

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