Ladies Auxiliary pg 2

Harold G. Epperson  VFW Post 2728

Membership in the Ladies Auxiliary is limited to the following:

Wives, widows, mothers, grandmothers, and stepmothers (who performed the duties as parent), daughters, granddaughters, foster and step daughters (prior to the age of 16), sisters, half sisters, and foster and step-sisters (prior to the age of 16), of persons who were are eligible for membership in the Veteran of Foreign Wars of the United States.

ELIGIBILITY

Besides our Ladies Auxiliary
here are a couple of other special Kentucky Ladies!

Rosie the riveter was inspired by a real woman, Ms. Rose Will Monroe, who was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky in 1922. During World War II she moved to Michigan. She worked as a riveter at the Willow Run Aircraft Factory in Ypsilanti, Michigan, building B-29 and B-24 bombers for the U.S. Army Air Forces.
She was asked to star in a promotional film about the war effort at home. She was also featured in a poster campaign. She became known as Rosie the Riveter, perhaps the most widely recognized icon of that era. The films and posters she appeared in were used by the U.S. government to encourage women to go to work in support of the war effort.
Ms. Monroe died at the age of 77 on May 31, 1997 in Clarksville, Indiana.

Women eligible for membership in the Veteran of Foreign Wars shall also be eligible for membership in the Ladies Auxiliary.  NOTE: Members must not be less than 16 years old.

“ Let the generations know that women in uniform also guaranteed their freedom.” – Dr. Mary Edwards Walker