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  2. Rosie the Riveter - Wikipedia

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    Rosie the Riveter is an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies.

  3. The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter - Wikipedia

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    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter is a 1980 documentary film and the first movie made by Connie Field, about the American women who went to work during World War II to do "men's jobs." [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 1996, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally ...

  4. Elinor Otto - Wikipedia

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    Elinor Otto (October 28, 1919 – November 12, 2023) was an American factory worker who was an original "Rosie the Riveter". She built airplanes for over a half-century, and spent many years working for Boeing before retiring at age 95. She was known as the "Last Serving Rosie the Riveter". [1] [2]

  5. Rosie the Riveter redux: Women on track to dominate the job ...

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    For most of the last century, the idea of a female-dominated or even gender-balanced workforce would have seemed almost laughable. Even with a torrent of Rosie the Riveters and Mary Tyler Moores ...

  6. MarionMade!: Real-life Rosie the Riveter declares 'I’m a ...

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    As the last woman in line, I placed a purple-painted sponge on the nose cone, indicating the bomb was ready for detonation. They went to General MacArthur in the Philippines.” After the war, the ...

  7. A real-life Rosie the Riveter, Jennifer McMullen, turns 100 - AOL

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    The "Rosies" were women recruited by U.S. defense manufacturers during WWII to help build tanks, ships and planes. A real-life Rosie the Riveter, Jennifer McMullen, turns 100 Skip to main content

  8. Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical ...

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    Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park is a United States national historical park located in Richmond, California, near San Francisco.The park preserves and interprets the legacy of the United States home front during World War II, including the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, the Victory ship SS Red Oak Victory, a tank factory, housing developments and other facilities ...

  9. From Rosie the Riveter to RBG: 10 Pioneering Working Women ...

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    The future is female — so was the past.