CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QC Life) - Tuesday marks 80 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor and a Charlotte author is marking the day with a special event called “Charlotte Comes out of Her Shell.”
The event’s name refers to the Shell Assembly Plant, which is a massive assembly factory that employed people during World War II.
Meredith Ritchie’s upcoming book “Poster Girls” is a historical fiction that gives us a look at World War II era in Charlotte and the women who worked at the Shell Plant.
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The book is launching in 2022 and the event is happening on December 7.
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