On March 22, 2016 a group of “Rosie the Riveter” veterans sponsored by Honor Flight in Detroit visited the World War II Memorial. During the Second World War these women and thousands like them worked at industrial plants around the country to manufacture the goods necessary to win the war. A recruitment poster designating them “Rosie the Riveter” became a part of story of World War II. They built everything from planes and ships to jeeps and machine guns.
Never before had women been so involved in the industrial production of the country. Their participation in the home front effort forever changed the role women would play in the workforce. The importance of their contribution in winning the war is engraved in stone and bronze at the National World War II Memorial.
"Rosie the Riveter" from Republic Pictures, 1944
