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.

During World War II, nearly 6 million women joined together to help the war effort. The group was represented by the iconic ...

The National World War Two Museum and the Gary Sinise Foundation celebrate the trailblazing women who worked in the American ...

By Kathy Chouteau In 1942, after spotting a Department of Defense advertisement recruiting workers, Omezelle Gipson boarded a ...

Saturday marked a special return for a local woman with a long history. Fairport’s own “Rosie the Riveter” was recently ...

Thursday, the Dutch Embassy honored her as one of the “Rosies.” Rosie the Riveter was a cultural icon representing women who ...

Every Friday she can be found at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park Visitor Center in Richmond speaking to groups. “It’s kind of the most important thing in ...

Connie Palacioz is Wichita’s own “Rosie the Riveter,” for volunteering at the B-29 Doc hangar during the war. “When visitors come and they ask us, and then I tell them that I worked there ...

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 ...