After all, it isn’t every day that a true legend steps through the doors, but that’s exactly what happened when Jeanne Gibson, a genuine “Rosie the Riveter,” arrived to share her ...
“I was kind of doing this little Rosie the Riveter meets Uncle Sam,” she said ... Bergen was approached by a local art gallery to do a series showcase of her portraits in September 2020.
The Piankeshaw Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution celebrated Rosie the Riveter Day at the Rosie statue on Friday, March 21.
The event was put on by the Gary Sinise Foundation in partnership with the museum and Rosie the Riveter Trust. "During the (Second World) War, millions of women like you stepped into roles ...
Rosie the Riveter became a patriotic hit, with phrases like “She’s making history, working for victory, Rosie the Riveter.” Other morale-boosting tunes such as “You Can’t Do Business ...
By Kathy Chouteau In 1942, after spotting a Department of Defense advertisement recruiting workers, Omezelle Gipson boarded a train in Little Rock, Ark. for a three-day trip to California. There, […] ...
During wartime, women entered the workforce, with many recruited to assemble airplanes for the war. Palacioz was one of them.
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 ...
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 ...
Saturday marked a special return for a local woman with a long history. Fairport’s own “Rosie the Riveter” was recently honored at the National World War II Museum, and bestowed the ...