‘Rosie the Riveter’ reflects on WWII service as she turns 100 years old
During wartime, women entered the workforce, with many recruited to assemble airplanes for the war. Palacioz was one of them.
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‘Rosie the Riveter Day’ in Richmond celebrates trailblazers, national park
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Randy Tidmore, WWII Marine and Rosie the Riveter, ’embodies history’ at 103
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Iconic women are celebrated in the Bay Area on Rosie the Riveter Day — but will they be erased from American history?
Before the war, she’d planned to become a veterinarian. FROM THE ARCHIVES: Local Rosie the Riveter honored 80 years after service Making history and breaking barriers also wasn’t front of mind ...
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‘Rosie the Riveter’ reflects on WWII service as she turns 100 years old
Connie Palacioz is Wichita’s own “Rosie the Riveter,” for volunteering at the B-29 Doc hangar during the war. “When visitors come and they ask us, and then I tell them that I worked there ...