CHOOSING A location FOR THE MEMORIAL
The Foundation is working AECOM in choosing a site for the memorial under the guidelines set forth by the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission. The current focus is in Area 1, adjacent to the National Mall. Updates will be forthcoming.
December 22, 2023 Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act Passes into Law
May 25, 2021
Senator Duckworth and Congresswoman Holmes-Norton reintroduce legislation to the 117th Congress. S.1814 and H.R.3531
October 1, 2020
The US House of Representatives passed H.R. 5068, the Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act.
March 12, 2020
Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Martha McSally (R-AZ) and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced the Senate’s bipartisan companion legislation to establish the memorial.
The bill (H.R 5068, the Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act) was passed out of committee with unanimous support and recommendation to be located in Area I .
March 11, 2020
February 11, 2020
Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton and Raya Kenney testified to the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission, who then expressed support of the bill.
December 4, 2019
Raya Kenney and Eleanor Holmes Norton testified to the Natural Resources Committee and Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
December 5, 2017
Covington & Burling generously offered pro bono support for the foundation and its mission.
