Our War Too: Women in Service

The Gallery by General Motors

Making its Midwest traveling debut, Our War Too: Women in Service is a groundbreaking special exhibit honoring the nearly 350,000 American women who answered the call to serve their country during World War II. Made up of unique and colorful artifacts from The National WWII Museum’s collection, the exhibit explores the efforts, struggles and accomplishments of these servicewomen, the impacts of which extend into the present day.

Key Experiences:

• More than 200 artifacts
• Narrative film pieces with personal interviews
• Interactive digital scrapbook
• Interactive cryptography display and activity
• We Were There interactive biographies with three WWII servicewomen

Revisiting Historical Narratives

The popular and historical narrative of American women during World War II has often focused on those who worked on the home front, while stories of women who volunteered for vital roles in the uniformed services have been largely underrecognized.

Our War Too salutes the hundreds of thousands of women who served in the women’s component branches of the U.S. Army, Coast Guard, Navy and Marine Corps, and with the civilian Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), as well as the additional 73,000 women who served in the Army and the Navy Nurse Corps.