Authors, Journalists, Scholars and Researchers

From time to time, the Foundation is asked to help writers, scholars and researchers identify military women, past and present, who are willing to participate in surveys, studies and interviews for books, research papers or projects relating to women’s military service.

In order to reach a wider audience, we’ve decided to post, at our discretion, some of these requests. Interested readers may contact the authors or researchers directly.

Author Seeks WWII-Era African American Servicewomen and Civilian Women
Author Cheryl Mullenbach is developing a book about the contributions of African American women during World War II for young adult readers. She is seeking to conduct phone interviews with African American servicewomen and civilian women from that era who are willing to share their experiences and memories of the war years. For more information or to share your story, please contact Cheryl Mullenbach by email at cherylmu@netins.net or by phone at 515-210-3020.

Exhibit and Photo Journal to Honor Servicewomen
"I Am A U.S. Veteran: Women of War and Conflicts" is the title of an upcoming photography exhibit and photo journal book about America's military women, past and present. Photographer and author, Therese A. Hughes, is producing the exhibit and book to increase the public's awareness and dialogue of military women and their roles in the nation's defense. Her goal is to honor military women through an artist's lens. Over the coming months, Ms. Hughes hopes to connect with 1,000 women veterans through every means possible and photograph some 250 of them for the photo journal and exhibit, which is expected to launch on tour from the Women's Memorial. Your help is needed in spreading the word about the project to women veteran organizations, conferences and activities, as well as to individual servicewomen who might be interested in being a part of the project. For more information about the project, obtain photo specifications and release forms, contact Therese A. Hughes at tahughes5639@gmail.com or call 805-405-5225. You may want to consider inviting Ms. Hughes to attend a woman veteran conference to talk about the project and photograph attendees. You may also use the information in this notice for distribution or reprint.

AcademyWomen Looking for Washington State Women Veteran iMentors
We all hear about the struggles of returning veterans. Here's an opportunity to make a difference in the life of a returning woman veteran. AcademyWomen asks you to consider becoming an online mentor to a woman veteran seeking employment. AcademyWomen is a proud partner of the Veteran Women Project, a program designed to provide a variety of services to assist women veterans in Southwestern Washington state find employment. A core element of Veteran Women is an online mentoring program that pairs women veteran clients with volunteer women veteran mentors for 6 month or one-year online mentoring relationships. Mentors are responsible for developing a relationship with the mentee and to support her in her job search or preparation for the search via weekly emails sent through the online mentoring platform's messaging tool. If you are interested in becoming a mentor in this exciting program, you may apply online or call the program director, Emily Stoutsenberger, at 360-696-8417 for more information. To learn more about AcademyWomen and its many activities in support of military women, past and present, visit their website.

(October 2011)