Kirby Ross is a Master of History student at Saint Mary’s University and an Executive Member at Large of the Halifax Women’s History Society. Specializing in women’s contributions on the homefront in Nova Scotia during World War Two, she wrote her Undergraduate Honours thesis on women’s involvement in the shipbuilding and ammunition industries in Pictou County during Second World War. She is currently writing her Master’s thesis on entertainers during the Second World War in Halifax.
RNSHS Presents Kirby Ross ‘Women and the War at Home: Pictou County Women in Industrialized Work, 1939 to 1945: The New Women Worker of Shipbuilding
The RNSHS Annual Dinner and Lecture is tonight! We’ll be making our best effort to stream Kirby Ross’ presentation ‘Women & the War at Home:..
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Join us at the Nova Scotia Archives this Wednesday night, March 20th, at 7:30pm (or here on Facebook!) for Dr. Kenneth Paulsen’s lecture on the..
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Check out Tonight’s lecture now being live-streamed on Facebook Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society. Kirby Ross on women working during WW2 at Pictou Shipyard
The RNSHS Dinner is tonight! We'll be making an effort to stream Kirby Ross' lecture 'Women & the War at Home: Pictou County Women in Industrialized Work, 1939 to 1945: The New Woman Worker of Shipbuilding' via our FB page! Tune in after 7:15pm & wait for a live video to begin! pic.twitter.com/WhcVpk9Ix1
