This class will be a lecture with audience participation/ questions/comments surrounding the history of Rosie the Riveter and women in the defense plants during the WWII years. It will highlight the story of Willow Run Bomber Plant and bring to light the “Save the Bomber Plant Campaign” and the Veteran’s Oral History Project, with which she is very involved.
Claire Dahl’s, your instructor, background is in teaching. She taught Advanced Placement U.S. History at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School for 20 years. She has now retired and is part of the Public Relations Committee for the Yankee Air Museum. In that capacity, Claire is a Tribute Rosie and does presentations in many venues. She has a Master’s Degree in American Studies, with an emphasis on Women’s Studies and lives in Ann Arbor.
This Study Group is for those 50 and over and will meet Monday, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m., May 13.