An exhibition, "Women Come to the Front: Female Journalists, Photographers and Broadcasters During World War II," will be on view at the Library in the Madison Building, Sept. 28 to Dec. 9.
The exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 75th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. The September opening commemorates the 1919 founding of the Women's National Press Club by a group of Washington newswomen.
The exhibition of 106 documents, letters, diaries, broadcast transcripts, unpublished photographs, articles and memorabilia, many of which have never been on display before, will be shown in the context of the 1930s and 1940s. The items depict opportunities and barriers during the war and prewar years, and highlight the lasting contributions women reporters made to wartime coverage, both at home and on the front.
"Women Come to the Front" is on view in Madison Gallery Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
