During wartime, women entered the workforce, with many recruited to assemble airplanes for the war. Palacioz was one of them.
Connie Palacioz is a 100-year-old volunteer at the B-29 Doc Hangar Museum in Wichita, Kansas. The centenarian is one of the original, and few remaining, Rosie the Riveters.
By Kathy Chouteau In 1942, after spotting a Department of Defense advertisement recruiting workers, Omezelle Gipson boarded a ...
They wear aprons and their hair tucked into scarves. Women who went to work in industries to aid the war effort became known ...
Former Rosie the Riveter Jeanne Gibson ... “It’s special to hear it instead of reading it in a book.” But some references to that history are being removed from military records under ...
Thursday, the Dutch Embassy honored her as one of the “Rosies.” Rosie the Riveter was a cultural icon representing women who worked during World War II to support the war. Their efforts helped ...
Women who went to work in industries to aid the war effort became known under the moniker 'Rosie the Riveter'. Tucker says they were trailblazers, proving that women can succeed in what was ...