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The War In My Kitchen

Food Rationing and Life on the Home Front During WWII

2024-03-28 19:00:00 2024-03-28 20:00:00 America/Chicago The War In My Kitchen Travel back to the early 1940s for a peek inside the pantries, recipe books, and lunch boxes of the WII home front, where women were fighting the war from their kitchens and factory floors. Downers Grove Public Library - Meeting Room Both (Max Capacity 100)

Thursday, March 28
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-03-28 19:00:00 2024-03-28 20:00:00 America/Chicago The War In My Kitchen Travel back to the early 1940s for a peek inside the pantries, recipe books, and lunch boxes of the WII home front, where women were fighting the war from their kitchens and factory floors. Downers Grove Public Library - Meeting Room Both (Max Capacity 100)

Downers Grove Public Library

Meeting Room Both (Max Capacity 100)

Travel back to the early 1940s for a peek inside the pantries, recipe books, and lunch boxes of the WII home front, where women were fighting the war from their kitchens and factory floors.

While Soldiers, Marines, and Sailors fought the Axis of Evil overseas, women were fighting the war from their kitchens and factory floors. “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without” was a rallying cry for those who met the challenge of food rationing rules and were limited to what was available at the butcher’s shop or growing in their Victory Gardens.  Kitchen grease and scrap aluminum needed to be salvaged to make ammunition.  Food waste of any kind was unpatriotic. Travel back to the early 1940’s for a peek inside the pantries, cupboards, recipe books, dinner tables and lunch boxes of the WWII home front.

Contact the Adult and Teen Services Desk at ATS@dglibrary.org or call (630) 960-1200 with questions.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | In-Person Program |

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