Past Presentations
2024 PRESENTATIONS:
PowerPoint Presentation: She Was an American Combat Nurse During WW II
Tuesday, July 9 12:00-1:30 PM
Santa Rosa Newcomers
Sally Tomatoes restaurant
1100 Valley House Dr
Rohnert Park, CA
Cloverdale Car show
Selling Slone’s five historical Novels
Saturday, September 7 10-3PM
126 N. Cloverdale Blvd
Cloverdale, CA
Free admission
707-894-4470
Marin Senior Fair
Selling Slone’s five historical novels
Wednesday, September 18 10 AM-3PM
Marin Center Exhibit Hall
10 Avenue of The Flags
San Rafael, CA.
Free Admission
833-347-0007
Petaluma Senior Center Book Club
Discussion of the historical novel: She Was an American Spy During WW II
Thursday, October 10 12:30-2:00 PM
Petaluma Park & Recreation
2ll Novak Drive
Petaluma CA
707-778-4399
2025
Power Point Presentation: She Was An American Combat Nurse During WW II
Saturday, April 12 2025 11 AM-1:00 PM
Santa Rosa Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Free Admission
Contact: Vice Regent Lisa Meachum lnmeacham@gmail.com
Past events…
l. PowerPoint Class: History of American Combat Nurses During WW II.
This course will detail the immense courage and extreme fortitude that combat nurses faced in the Army,
War was raging in 5 theaters where the Army nurses were ordered to go. These dedicated, strong women practiced the nursing skills on troop ships, trains, planes and even in an underground hospital. A group of 67 nurses were captured by the Japanese and lived in an interment camp for 3 years. The White nurses as well as the Black nurses worked in jungle hospitals and both races had similar hardships performing their jobs however the Black nurses had the added impediments of the Jim Crow laws and discrimination.
Friday, March 1 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
Sonoma State University- Stevenson Hall 1102
Registration Fee: $25.00
Phone: 707-664-2691
Email: olli@sonoma.edu
2. PowerPoint Presentation: She Was An American Combat Nurse During WW II plus readings from the book.
Saturday, March 2 at 2 pm
Healdsburg Regional Library
139 Piper Street
Healdsburg
707-433-3772
3. PowerPoint Presentation: She Was An American Combat Nurse During WW II plus readings from the book.
Saturday, March 9 at 2 pm
Sonoma Valley Library
755 West Napa Street
Sonoma
707-996-5217
4. PowerPoint Presentation: She Was An American Combat Nurse During WW II plus readings from the book.
Saturday March 16 12:00-2 pm
Literary Luncheon
Cloverdale Senior Center
311 N. Main St.
Cloverdale
Must purchase tickets by March 8
$35.00 for members
$40.00 for guests
707-894-4825
5. PowerPoint Class: History of Women War Correspondents During WW II Part Two
There were 127 brave WW II female war correspondents, who went above and beyond to capture the events of the war to inform the people on the home front.
These women fought against condemnation and hostility from male officers in order to perform their jobs.
Many of the women correspondents risked their lives and went behind enemy lines to get “the Scoop.”
Saturday March 23 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Finley Center
Cypress Room
2060 West College Ave.
Santa Rosa
Registration Fee: $25.00
Phone: 707-664-2691
Email: olli@sonoma.edu
1. Petaluma Museum, Petaluma CA – PowerPoint presentation complementing the exhibit: Women in the Military November 9, 2023
5:30-6:30
PREVIOUS POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS.
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Videos of presentation style:
I loved giving presentations to a variety of groups and organizations, my presentations were very well received by people or groups that are interested in WWII, Women in WWII, and the various roles women played in winning the war!
PowerPoint presentations and discussion of Amazing Women of the 1940’s. Choose one of the following:
- She Was an American Combat Nurse During WW II:
Two women join the Army Nurse Corps; one Black and one White. Experience their bravery and dangerous adventure during times of segregation and discrimination. - Women War Correspondents:
Reporting the war in Europe to the folks back home to understand this tragic war. - Women on the home front:
The Wendy the welders and Rosie the Riveters fighting gender and racial discrimination. - American Spy:
How did an ordinary house wife learn how to become a spy? Learn about basic training at Camp X, Ontario,
MS Slone has given presentations to the following organizations:
National Guard, Sacramento, CA
American Association of American Women
Newcomers group
Senior Centers
Sonoma County and Napa County Libraries
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Women’s Clubs
Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, CA
Petaluma Museum
Daughters of the American Revolution
Santa Rosa Junior College
Her research into the technology and equipment used and the real people during that time makes for a personalized adventure from the perspective of one who might have lived this untold story.