Author Talk: John Cilio @ Edith Wheeler Library

Author Talk: John Cilio, Women's Work in WWII

Monday, October 27, 6:30 p.m.

Edith Wheeler Memorial Library

As part of Monroe Reads Together, we are pleased to host author John Cilio who will discuss his latest book, Women’s Work in WWII. The lecture’s message highlights the importance of making personal commitments to change, imagining success and achieving it. A message that is as relevant today as it was decades ago. Because of the millions of WWII women who worked in thousands of roles and were confident that they were equal to fill the roles of men they replaced, the workplace would never be the same. John shares the chain of circumstances that propelled the nation to realize that women can be an overtly sustaining force within our society.

"This book gave me a much better understanding of what a pivotal role women actually had during such a trying time in our nation. I would recommend this book to everyone." Anna Montgomery, a student at the University of Alabama

John Cilio believes that often the consequences of a historical incident were hidden from those that experienced it yet looking back one can the sense the full impact of their moments in time. This is John’s sixth historical book. To register go online at www.ewml.org or call the Reference Desk at 203.452.2850 x6.