“Rosie the Riveter”- American women entered the workforce in large numbers during World War II, as widespread male enlistment left gaping holes in the industrial labor force. Between 1940 and 1945, the female percentage of the U.S. workforce increased from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent, and by 1945 nearly one out of every four married women worked outside the home. “Rosie the Riveter,” star of a government campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for the munitions industry, much like Uncle Sam, became perhaps the most iconic image of working women during the war.
Rose Hicker was the daughter of Italian immigrants, she worked as a riveter at the General Motors Eastern Aircraft Division in North Tarrytown, New York. She and her partner, Jennie Florio, set a production record by drilling nine hundred holes and driving thirty-three hundred rivets in the tail end of a Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber during one six-hour overnight shift in June 1943. President Franklin D. Roosevelt later sent her a commendation letter. Rosalind Palmer Walter also worked as a riveter on the night shift on a Corsair, building the F4U marine gull-winged fighter airplane.
Rose Will Monroe also worked in a Michigan factory. In 1944 she was discovered at the Willow Run Aircraft Factory in Ypsilanti by the popular Canadian actor Walter Pidgeon. Pidgeon, who had starred in various wartime propaganda films. Monroe worked on the assembly line as a riveter of B-24 and B-49 bomber airplanes. Monroe appeared as a Rosie the Riveter in popular films, she is most often identified as the real Rosie the Riveter.
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Published May 12, 2015
Rose Hicker was the daughter of Italian immigrants, she worked as a riveter at the General Motors Eastern Aircraft Division in North Tarrytown, New York. She and her partner, Jennie Florio, set a production record by drilling nine hundred holes and driving thirty-three hundred rivets in the tail end of a Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber during one six-hour overnight shift in June 1943. President Franklin D. Roosevelt later sent her a commendation letter. Rosalind Palmer Walter also worked as a riveter on the night shift on a Corsair, building the F4U marine gull-winged fighter airplane.
Rose Will Monroe also worked in a Michigan factory. In 1944 she was discovered at the Willow Run Aircraft Factory in Ypsilanti by the popular Canadian actor Walter Pidgeon. Pidgeon, who had starred in various wartime propaganda films. Monroe worked on the assembly line as a riveter of B-24 and B-49 bomber airplanes. Monroe appeared as a Rosie the Riveter in popular films, she is most often identified as the real Rosie the Riveter.
Soruce: History.com
Published May 12, 2015