FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 8th, 2024
CONTACT: Raya Kenney
Congresswomen Granger and Dingell Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Place Memorial to the Working Women of WWII on the National Mall
National Memorial to the Women Who Worked on the Home Front FoundationCEO and Founder Raya Kenney applauds crucial step to place the memorial to honor the significant contributions of the working women of WWII on the National Mall.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. House Representatives Kay Granger (R-TX) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) introduced a bipartisan bill to authorize the National Mall as the location for the memorial honoring the women who worked on the home front during World War II. The passage of the Women Who Worked on the Home Front Memorial Location Act is the next legislative step needed after Congress passed bipartisan legislation in 2022 authorizing the establishment of a memorial. Under current law, an act of Congress is required to place a commemorative work on the National Mall. This bill advances a decade-long effort to properly honor the more than 18 million trailblazing women who worked as riveters, pilots, engineers, electricians, mechanics, code breakers and more—most of which women had been previously told they were incapable of.