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Remember the ladies! The total budget required to complete this exhibit is $140,000. Donations to support the exhibit will be gratefully accepted and acknowledged with a designated plaque.

Follow this link to make your tax-deductible donation online at our secure website, or kindly mail your check made payable to "USS Massachusetts Memorial Committee, Inc." to:

WOMEN PROTECTING U.S.
Battleship Cove
P.O. Box 111
Fall River, MA 02721-0111

MAJOR SPONSORS
The YWCAs of Greater Rhode Island and Southeastern MA
The Women Protecting US exhibit with Battleship Cove
The Women Veterans' Network of Massachusetts



This program is sponsored in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Bringing Ideas to Life.

thank you, donors
Early research & development for this project began in 1999 with a grant from the Fall River Cultural Council of the Massachusetts Cultural Council ($7,500), and from the Fall River Women’s Union ($2,500), the funds enabled initial research and presentation of a small exhibit of women’s uniforms that were displayed in 2000 in the Memorial Hall onboard the Massachusetts. The uniforms displayed were loaned by the Fall River Historical Society, the Naval War College, of Newport, RI, and our own collection of women’s uniforms donated by veterans. The display prompted support for the large exhibit from the Federated Department Stores ($7,000), The Yawkey Foundation ($10,000), and Perry A. Denham ($100). In 2006, the museum received a $10,000 grant from Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities to further the development of the exhibit plans and establish an advisory panel of experts to guide the scholarly approach.

Thank you for your support!