Monday, March 20, 2006

 

"Rosie" the "Riveter"........

I am a WWII "information fanatic", and am always looking for photos or info regarding the Allied "air campaigns" and "naval battles", and the men who fought in them. They were (are) "The Greatest Generation". They had help, though, from the "Homelands". The Allies used another fantastic asset they had waiting and willing to participate in the "War Effort". The "women". Over 6 million women in the U.S. alone, from all backgrounds, and from all over the country, worked at industrial jobs that challenged traditional notions of women's capabilities and ensured American and Allied productivity that helped to win the war. The sight of women outfitted in overalls and wielding industrial tools became an icon that was popularized in the 1942 song, "Rosie the Riveter", providing a nickname for all women who worked in wartime industries. Across the Allied nations women worked in defense industries and support services including shipyards, steel mills, foundries, lumber mills, warehouses, offices, hospitals and daycare centers.

I was searching the Library of Congress archives and came across some fantastic colour slides showing "Rosie" in action. Check them out, make sure you expand them.


Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17 bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17 ... Posted by Picasa


This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif. She was one of many capable women workers in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant ...
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Operating a hand drill at Vultee- Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee. Posted by Picasa


Part of the cowling and engine mount for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American [Aviation Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant.
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Woman working on an aircraft engine at North American Aviation Inc. plant in Calif..
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Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas.
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Frances Eggleston, female, aged 23, framed by the fuselage, came from Oklahoma, and used to do office work. Now she rivets with a male co-worker.
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So, you see, there were a number of "grand dames" at home keeping the industrial fires "stoked", and I believe their contribution sometimes largely is unnoticed and unheralded. Thank God for "Rosie the Riveter"!!!!!

WEBSITE - "Rosie" the "Riveter".....

WEBSITE - Library of Congress

Library of Congress...."Rosie" Pictures and Posters

Check out the famous song about "Rosie"!

AUDIO - "Rosie" the "Riveter"!

# posted by Steve @ 1:53 PM
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