Debbie A. Hanson (Augustana University)
As WWII drew to a close in 1945, the women of Midwest City, Oklahoma’s First Methodist Church created a cookbook of recipes contributed by those brought together in the Women’s Society of Christian Service by the church, the war, the local Douglas Aircraft plant, and the Oklahoma City Technical Air Service Command. “A Remembrance of Recipes: A Bit of Cookery from WWII Midwest City, Oklahoma” examines how this cookbook functions as a way for these women to commemorate a time, a place, and a folk group they valued and did not wish to disappear, unnoticed and unrecognized, at the war’s end.
Part of 05-09 Social Histories In and Through Oklahoma, Friday, October 14, 10:30 am–12:30 pm