February 23, 2009 March is Women's History Month Ashore and at sea, women found opportunity for employment, responsibility, and heroism. National Park staff present programs spotlighting the contributions women have made to maritime history since the 19th century.
Did You Know?
The Aquatic Park Bathhouse building, a Depression-era, Works Progress Administration (WPA) project, was completed in 1939. The art deco building includes tile mosaics of fish, marble floors that resemble a sea chart, and interior walls painted with murals depicting strange creatures of the deep.
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