It’s Women’s History Month. We celebrate the stories of the ladies who have led in a variety of communities. International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th.
Listen to oral histories that were curated for the Center for Oral and Public History at CSUF. These interviews will be exhibited at the forthcoming Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum which will open in Fall 2026 at the Irvine Great Park.
Brent Ogden, lead archivist and historian at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, shows CSUF’s Jessica Yirush Stern, right, Natalie Fousekis, and alum Jennifer Keil ’12, ’14 (B.A., M.A. History), left, how the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro oral histories are catalogued for the museum’s future exhibit. Keil conducted interviews with home front women.
Gisela Bandurraga at sixteen years old in Germany, circa 1940s.
Society typically associates wartime memories with battlefield experiences, but women endured an entirely different dimension of the war—the home front. Jennifer Keil wrote about how oral histories reveal women faced another “home front.” Food shortages, foreign soldiers in their own homes, and constrantly vulnerability to air raids transformed women’s lives.
Artists of the Month
Nancy Mooslin and Carol Saindon
Scape Gallery in Corona del Mar opened Earth’s Rhythms with Carol Saindon, Nancy Mooslin, Gail Roberts, and Jacques Garnier. The exhibition will be on view until March 22, 2025.
Book of the Month
The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Anne-Marie O’Connor tells the dramatic true story of one of Gustav Klimt’s most famous paintings, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. The book explores the painting’s creation in early 20th-century Vienna, its theft by the Nazis during World War II, and the long legal battle to reclaim it. It follows Adele Bloch-Bauer, the Jewish woman who inspired the artwork, and her niece, Maria Altmann, who fought to recover the painting decades later. The story highlights themes of art, history, justice, and resilience.
Events
Enjoy our events page with upcoming and past activities. 70 Degrees facilitates these events with our partners. Our team has chaired in-person, multi-day events and conferences. We can help you host your next event virtually or in-person. We have planned events from start to finish. Let us know how we can collaborate!