Women Protecting U.S. at Battleship Cove

A new exhibit brought to you by Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts

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As your official veterans memorial for World War II and the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf Wars, Battleship Cove is dedicated to acknowledging the contributions of women veterans and seeks your perspectives on the events that continue to shape our generation.

Please contact Laurie Carlson if you would like to contribute funds, artifacts, personal recollections, or interesting memorabilia.

Laurie Carlson, Exhibit Coordinator
Battleship Cove
5 Water Street
PO Box 111
Fall River, MA 02722-0111

p: (508) 678-1100, ext 133
e-mail: womenprotectingus@battleshipcove.org

advisory panel
Linda Grant DePauw, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of American History at George Washington University. She is founder and President of The Minerva Center, Inc., and the Minerva Society for the Study of Women and War, and serves as principal advising scholar and reference to other experts in the field.
Judy Barrett Litoff, Ph.D., Bryant University, Professor of History and authority on women and WW2. She is author or editor of 13 books and more than 100 articles, book chapters, and reviews, most of which focus on U.S. women WW2. Dr. Litoff will act as a historical consultant.
Katherine Honey, Director of the Women at Work Museum in Attleboro, MA, and former school teacher. Mrs. Honey will collaborate with educational program development for the project and work to share resources on special events to recognize women’s contributions to our history.
Margaret Vining, is Curatorial Specialist in Military History at the Smithsonian Institution and Secretary-General of the US Commission on Military History. Vining will consult on the topics of uniform design and production, providing expertise on their design history and helping to locate unique articles for display.
Jill Carey is an Associate Professor of Fashion and specialist in historic clothing at Lasell College. She will help develop content for the uniform design exhibit. The research work will be carried out by students in her fashion history classes.
Evelyn M. Cherpak, Ph.D., Head of Naval Historical Collections at the Naval War College, Newport, RI, will provide research support with access to the archives and oral history recordings of women in the Navy during WWII.
Memory Holloway, Ph.D., is a Professor of Art History and a member of the Portuguese Studies Department at UMass-Dartmouth. As an expert in visual communication, Holloway will contribute analysis of war-related visual media. In addition, she will research the impact of war on the local Portuguese-American community by investigating the stories of soldiers whose names appear on the plaques of the Memorial Room.
Gail Russell, is Associate Professor in Nursing at UMass-Dartmouth. A nurse during the Vietnam era, she brings both a vast knowledge of the subject and a rich experience as an educator. Russell will advise on the medical topics of the exhibit.
Capt. Barbara Wilson, Ret. USAF, was the first WAR to complete a B.A. under the “Operation Bootstrap” program.
Ronald Adams is a seventh-grade teacher at Broad Meadows Middle School in Quincy. His history class curriculum centers on the ship-building industry at the Fore River Shipyard. His class has conducted extensive research about Rosie the Riveter and Winnie the Welder, including interviews with women who worked in the shipyard.
Richard Bath, is Chair of Fashion/Design and Director of the Yamawaki Arts and Cultural Center at Lasell College. Mr. Bath will assist with fund-raising and coordinate learning opportunities with students and faculty at Lasell College. In addition, the Gallery at the Yamawaki Center will be a site for exhibit testing for audience impact to subject interpretation.