Rosie the Riveter Trust - Press & Media
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Richmond Standard: Rosie the Riveter Trust to screen two films honoring Black history
Betty Reid Soskin (Photo courtesy of Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond) By Kathy Chouteau Rosie the Rive... -
Rent "No Time To Waste" on Vimeo
Betty Reid Soskin is an iron-willed American woman who became a national park ranger at age 85. The great granddaughter of a slave, Betty has live... -
Tea Party at the Maritime - a glimpse at wartime child development center
We had such a great time with our guests at the tea party! Special thanks to Kathryn Daskal, Supervisory Park Ranger, for showing us the Marit... -
Iris Clemmons, one of Kansas City’s last Black ‘Rosie the Riveters,’ has died at 98
Excerpt from the Kansas City Star: “As World War II raged and military-age men were sent overseas, Iris Clemmons joined the tens of thousands of K... -
Rosie the Riveter trailblazer, Agnes Moore, passes away at 100
Agnes Moore, a Rosie the Riveter wartime welder on the Richmond Home Front and a woman ahead of her time, passed away Jan. 6 at the age of 100. Mo... -
Bill awarding 'Rosie the Riveters' with Congressional Gold Medal passes Congress
"Rosie the Riveter" is finally getting her due. A bill honoring American women who joined the workforce as riveters, buckers, welders and electric... -
“I’m 99, And the Oldest Park Ranger in America”
Article about national park ranger, Betty Reid Soskin, published in Newsweek magazine. To read the full article, click here National... -
Marin City honors legacy of Gustava Wilson, a ‘Rosie the Riveter’ and community ‘granny’
In 1942 at age 17 she snuck out of her home to escape the hardships of the Jim Crow South.
“She told my grandma, her mother, that she was going to an aunt’s house and came to California instead,” Lena Wilson said. “She called her mom and told her she was in California once she got here. To think she did that at 17 is really something.”
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‘Rosie the Riveter’ re-emerges as symbol of strength during COVID-19 crisis
A World War II symbol of American unity, “Rosie the Riveter,” and her rallying cry, “We Can Do It!” have re-emerged in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
'Rosie the Riveter' back on the job making masks to prevent spread of COVID-19
At 94 years old, Mae Krier is hard at work helping her country, just as she did 75 years ago. -
Rosalind P. Walter, 95, First ‘Rosie the Riveter’ and a PBS Funder, Dies
A daughter of privilege who worked on an assembly line during World War II, she became a principal benefactor of public television, her name intoned on a host of programs.