We celebrate the women whose industrial labor helped win World War II
While millions of men fought overseas during World War II, a massive workforce of six million women stepped into factories to build the planes and tanks that fueled the Allied victory.
Rosie the Riveter Day honors the American women who transformed the industrial landscape between 1941 and 1945. As the male workforce depleted due to military service, women took on grueling roles in shipyards and aircraft plants that were previously considered 'men's work.'
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