Connecticut’s Old State House to Look Back at Women Doctors’ Wartime Service on Tuesday, April 12

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For Immediate Release
March 30, 2016
Contact: Chris Zaccaro
chris.zaccaro@cga.ct.gov
(860) 246-1553 ext. 116

Hartford – Connecticut’s Old State House in downtown Hartford will look back at Connecticut women physicians’ service during World War I for the next installment of its popular lunchtime Conversations at Noon series – Volunteer forVictory: Connecticut Women in WWI - on Tuesday, April 12.

Attendees will discover how our state’s women doctors served overseas for the American Red Cross and the American Women’s Hospitals during The Great War. Central Connecticut State University’s Dr. Heather Munro Prescott will discuss the impact of their service and their status within Connecticut’s medical field. Following her talk, award-winning journalist Diane Smith of the Connecticut Network (CT-N) will lead a panel discussion on volunteerism, both past and present, with Dr. Prescott, author Dave Drury, and Katie Zahara from the Emerging Leaders Society at United Way.

This program is co-sponsored with the Connecticut World War I Centennial Committee and the Conversations at Noon series is supported by Connecticut Humanities. Volunteer for Victory: Connecticut Women in WWI begins at noon, and is free & open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to bring their lunch and join the conversation.
Connecticut’s Old State House will be live-tweeting the event using the hashtag #ConvoAtNoon.

Connecticut’s Old State House will follow up this installment with The 1843 Petition: Gaining Religious Freedom for Connecticut Jews on Tuesday, May 24. You can learn more about this program and other events at Connecticut’s Old State House by visiting www.ctoldstatehouse.org or by liking the Old State House on Facebook.
 

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