Film screening: "Invisible Warriors:  African American Women in World War II"  
Join the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in celebrating the stories of women working in production and manufacturing industries during WWII and today.
Documentary historian Gregory S. Cooke will present his film "Invisible Warriors"

"Invisible Warriors features real pioneers – the first Black women to work in industry and government administrative service.

The film is an unforgettable conversation among a diverse group of African American “Rosie the Riveters” who recount what life was really like during World War II. They are hard working underdogs of high character who do battle and win. They fled lives as domestics and sharecroppers to empower themselves while working in war production and U.S. government offices.

These patriotic pioneers share their wartime memories, recounting their battles against racism at home, Nazism abroad, and sexism everywhere.

They represent 600,000 women like themselves who overcame the Great Depression, Jim Crow, sexual degradation, and workplace discrimination to break gender and racial barriers. Black “Rosie the Riveters” were part of a sisterhood of 20 million women who built America’s “arsenal of democracy.” Without these women, the United States could not have won World War II."

Learn more at invisiblewarriorsfilm.com


Date: March 18, 2023, 12:30-2:30pm CST
Location: Location: Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Riverview Room
Film Screening of "Invisible Warriors" and Q&A with historian and producer Gregory S. Cooke. 
“Modern Rosie Ceremony" following the film will honor a woman who, through her work in the maritime or production industry, carries on the legacy of the pioneering women of the 1940s.

This event is Free and open to the public.

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