Another Extra Credit Opportunity

[Mr. Bruns]

This is open for students in US History, CWI and History Online. You will be required to go, sign in and do a blog entry(title it Library Extra Credit) about what you learned from the presentation. You can earn up to 10 extra credit points based on qulaity of your blog entry. This blog entry does not count as your "Blog of the Week". I do encourage everyone to attend! Read below for more info. Library Contact: Patricia Engemann, Children’s Librarian Date Faxed: September , 2008 What: The Home Fronts of Iowa, 1940-1945 Presenter: Lisa Ossian When: Saturday, October 11 Where: Harlan Community Library Time: 10:00 AM Sponsored by: Delta Kappa Gamma Shelby County University Women Delphians Harlan Literary Club Harlan Community Library Funded from Humanities Iowa, a private non-profit state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities Delta Kappa Gamma, Shelby County University Women, Delphians, Harlan Literary Club, and the Harlan Community Library have received funding from Humanities Iowa, a private, non-profit state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, to host a presentation called The Home Fronts of Iowa, 1940-45 by Lisa Ossian at the Harlan Community Library on Saturday, October 11th at 10:00 AM. A cultural resource for Iowans since 1971, Humanities Iowa offers many cultural and historical programs and grants to Iowa’s communities. The home front contributions of Iowans and Americans divided into four historical fronts: the farm front, the production front, the community front, and the kitchen front. Food for Freedom directed American farmers in the all-out production needed for the war effort and the Allies' relief, and Iowa farmers lead the nation in crop and livestock production. Iowa's small businesses and industries such as Maytag added to the "Arsenal of Democracy" by filling many military sub-contract orders while the two newly constructed ordnance plants in Burlington and Ankeny produced thousands of bombs and millions of machine gun bullets. Iowa's small towns and cities matched and exceeded records in the eight War Bond Drives as well as the numerous scrap drives for iron, paper, rubber, and tin, and Iowa's women met the rationing and production requirements demanded from the federal government in all home kitchens. There will be time for questions after the presentation. Lisa Ossian completed her doctorate in Agricultural History and Rural Studies from Iowa State University in 1998 and now teaches history at Des Moines Area Community College. Her current research areas within Iowa history center on the early depression years and the era of the Second World War; her most recent publications include "'Too Young for a Uniform': Children's War Work on the Iowa Farm Front" in Children &War (New York University Press, 2002) and "October Echoes: The 1929 Wall Street Crash in Iowa" in Iowa Heritage Illustrated (Fall & Winter 2002). She also writes about teaching children's history in the Society for the History of Children and Youth newsletter and will begin work on a national study of children's experiences during WWII. Ossian currently serves on the State Historical Society of Iowa Board of Trustees, and the Higher Education Committee of the Iowa State Educational Association. She can be reached at [phone] or [e-mail] If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 755-5934 in advance. This program is free and open to the public.