Black History/Women’s History Month Book Discussion

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Laurel Scheinfeld

Date: 02/27/2025

Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location
Online

Description

In honor of Black History Month and Women’s History Month, please join us for a lively virtual discussion of “Glory in Their Spirit”, a book by Sandra M. Bolzenius that tells the story of four Black women who served in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II and staged a courageous strike against the segregated military.
Access to the E-book is provided through University Libraries. Use this link:

https://search.library.stonybrook.edu/permalink/01SUNY_STB/sni9dj/alma9917768864704856

It is not necessary to finish the book in order to join our discussion. Feel free to make note of a passage from the book that is interesting or meaningful to you and share it by reading aloud during our discussion.

As a supplement or alternative to reading the book, there is a 40 minute video of the author talking about the book on C-SPAN.

https://www.c-span.org/program/history-bookshelf/glory-in-their-spirit/528133

As well as these written reviews

https://www.historynet.com/book-review-glory-in-their-spirit-by-sandra-m-bolzenius/

https://academic.oup.com/jah/article/106/1/236/5492016