Exhibit pays tribute to women's sacrifices for country.(Neighbor)

From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | Date: August 19, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Powerful images linger in the mind long after a visit to "Ready for Duty: American Women Answer the Call," the newest exhibit at the First Division Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton:

Images of a quilt, not on public display since 1864 when it was sewn by the arthritic hands of General Robert E. Lee's wife and auctioned for food for Confederate soldiers ... the Angels of Battaan and Corregidor, nurses captured and imprisoned by the enemy for nearly three years ... women soldiers donning gas masks during World War II ... Deborah Chovancek, 9 months pregnant in a camouflage ...

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