FACT SHEET FOR GOLD STAR MOTHERS:
PILGRIMAGE OF REMEMBRANCE
Program summary:
For 6,000 women whose sons or husbands were lost in World War I and buried in foreign graves, a pilgrimage to see their loved one’s final resting place brought a measure of comfort. WILL-TV’s
Gold Star Mothers: Pilgrimage of Remembrance examines these government-funded trips during the 1930s, a period when mothers reigned supreme in the eyes of the nation. The one-hour program intertwines the history of the pilgrimages and war with the social history of motherhood, looking at how the government used mothers to gain support for the war, how mothers wielded political power to get approval for the trips, and how the segregation of African American women on the pilgrimages contributed to the abandonment of the Republican Party by many black voters.
Producer, Writer: Alison Davis Wood
Co-Producer: John Graham
Director of Photography: Tim Hartin
Narrator: Randi Collins Hard
Composer / Assistant Music Supervisor: Jill Epsicokahn
Videographer: Steve Parker
Assistant Editors: Erin Anadkat, Martha Diehl
Graphic Design: Don Chambers, Laura Adams-Wiggs
Executive Producer: Henry Szujewski
Press contact: Mary Barrineau, 333-1070, barrinea@uiuc.edu
Advisors:
Mark Leff, professor of history, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sonya Michel, professor of American studies and history, University of Maryland
Ronald Yates, professor of communications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Winton Solberg, professor of history, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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