Author to discuss women heroes of WWI

Author Kathryn J. Atwood will discuss "Women Heroes of World War I: 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies and Medics" next month during a visit to Cantigny Park.

Parker's book, "Women Heroes of World War I," published in 2014, chronicles the bravery of 16 women from around the world who served their countries at a time when most women didn't even have the right to vote.

Atwood will share several of the inspiring and often suspense-filled stories in her book, part of the Women of Action series from Chicago Review Press. Her visit is timely in that 2017 marks the centennial of America's entry in the Great War.

Atwood is the author of three young-adult collective biographies of women and war, including two volumes of "Women Heroes of World War II."

Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the presentation beginning at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, in the Cantigny Park Visitors Center, 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton.

Copies of Atwood's book will be available for sale in the Cantigny Shop. The program and parking are free. For information, visit fdmuseum.org.