During wartime, women entered the workforce, with many recruited to assemble airplanes for the war. Palacioz was one of them.

Thursday, the Dutch Embassy honored her as one of the “Rosies.” Rosie the Riveter was a cultural icon representing women who worked during World War II to support the war. Their efforts helped ...

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 ...