Recorded January 15, 2025
Please note this is a book discussion without the author present.
A captivating, heartwarming, and thought-provoking novel about the Vietnam War and its lasting impact. The story is of one woman gone to war as a nurse, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm’s way to help others. Women whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has all too often been forgotten.
Dr. Kara Dixon Vuic will join us via Zoom to enhance our discussion on women who served as nurses during the Vietnam War.
Biography: Dr. Kara Dixon Vuic is the Benjamin W. Schmidt Professor of War, Conflict, and Society at Texas Christian University. She earned a Ph.D. in History from Indiana University and teaches U.S. history, war and society, women’s history, and 20th-century social and cultural history. Her first book, Officer, Nurse, Woman: The Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War (Johns Hopkins, 2010), won several awards, including the Lavinia L. Dock Book Award from the American Association for the History of Nursing.
Facilitator: Mary Weiss
Biography: Mary Weiss, a West Palm Beach resident, is a retired lawyer, who practiced for 40 years in government and in-house as general counsel of a prominent Chicago investment management and brokerage firm. She serves on the boards of non-profit organizations, including the Palm Beach County Historical Society. In recent years, she has combined her life-long love of reading with public interviews of well-known authors of recently released books.