Project
Movement, Mobilization, and Militarization: The Bay Area Home Front in World War II
Division of Education Programs
Photo caption
Six-inch Rifled Gun Number 9, Battery Chamberlin, on the grounds of the Presidio of San Francisco.
Courtesy of National Parks Service
This workshop addressed the movement of diverse peoples westward, altering the cultural landscape of the state and nation; how mobilization for war altered previous social roles and expectations, the economy, and industrial work; and how militarization had lasting implications on technology, industry, and civil rights.