Details
Date and Time
Event Region
Southwest Virginia
Event Type
Lecture
Event Cost
$0.00
Location
Address of content item
City Council Chambers
605 E Main St
Charlottesville, VA 22902
United States
Event Description
Women and War: Untold Stories - Event to commence at 4pm. Program is part of the Virginia Festival of the Book 2019, 4-5:30pm. Heath Lee (The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home) and Eileen Rivers (Beyond the Call: Three Women 0n the Front Lines in Afghanistan) discuss the impact of America’s foreign wars on two generations of women, first the Vietnam era P.O.W. wives who confronted an uncaring U.S. government to women of our era themselves fighting in a distant land. Book sales and signing will follow. FREE to attend and open to the public.