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Valerie Stoller: Shipyard Gals (CA)

Date and Time

Sunday, January 11, 2026, 2:00 PM until 3:30 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada) (UTC-08:00)

Location

Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park
Visitor Education Center Theater
1414 Harbour Way S. Suite #3000 (Oil House)
Richmond, CA  94804
USA

Category

Book/Author

Registration Info

Registration is not Required

About this event

Author Talk:Shipyard Gals Comes to the Park

 

Join us for a special afternoon at the Visitor Education Center onSunday, September 11 at 2:00 pm, as authorValerie Stoller joins historian Jim Davis for an engaging conversation about her new novel,Shipyard Gals.

 

Set against the backdrop of the WWII home front and the Port Chicago disaster,Shipyard Gals brings to life the experiences of women who stepped into industrial jobs and helped power the war effort. Valerie Stoller and Jim Davis will explore the history that inspired the novel, the real stories behind the fiction, and what the home front can teach us today.

 

The talk will take place in the theater downstairs at the Visitor Education Center. Copies of Shipyard Gals will be available for purchase in the museum store, and attendees will have the opportunity to get their bookssigned by the author.

 

We hope you’ll join us for this lively discussion celebrating home front workers, history, and storytelling.


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