Our War Too: Women in Service
Our War Too: Women in Service is a groundbreaking special exhibit honoring the nearly 350,000 American women who answered the call to serve their country during World War II.
Our War Too: Women's History Symposium
The National WWII Museum’s Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy is proud to present its next scholarly symposium in honor of Women’s History Month.
Lady Legends Matinee Luncheon
Honoring the legendary female singing groups from the 1930s to the 1960s and beyond.
Weekly Matinee Luncheons in March | 11:45 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
The Diary of Anne Frank
In this transcendently powerful adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl who confronts the horrors of a rapidly changing world with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination.
March 14 - 24
Free Student Webinar: Eleanor Roosevelt and Women's History Month
Join The National WWII Museum for this special Women's History Month student webinar about First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
March 11 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Dinner with a Curator: "'The Girl with a Future': The Cadet Nurse Corps"
The National WWII Museum’s newest special exhibit, Our War Too: Women in Service, examines the dire nursing shortage driven by the war.
March 26 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Season 3 Episode 4 – “She's Helping to Win! Women in the US Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard with Kali Martin"
In 1942, the US Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard opened their ranks to most women. Despite more stringent enlistment requirements put on women, compared to their male counterparts, by the end of the war, more than one hundred 15 thousand women had joined the WAVES, SPARS, and Women Reservists.
Women of World War II
By the end of World War II, more than 19 million women were in the workforce and 350,000 women had served in the US Armed Forces.