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Good Night Rosie, You Will Be Missed

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I didn't even know there was an original. I thought it was just a collective group of women back in WW2. Back in the day when feminism was actual feminism and NOT female supremacy like it is nowadays. RIP.

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This is the print my Grandparents had. Done by Norman Rockwell.
If you look at the lunchbox,,that's where the name came from.
The book her feet are resting on
Mein Kampf.
The one above,is a Westinghouse Poster.
 

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We may never know who the woman was that was depicted as "Rosie the Riveter."
During those years many pictures were taken and used later for poster etc. so who was actually Rosie the Riveter will never be known.

What is known is the fact that MANY women stepped up to the pump and did the jobs that needed done as most men were off to the War but needed Bullets and Beans to carry out their missions. And these Ladies did their jobs as best as could be done.

Whoever you are, Rosie, RIP. there were many of you.
 
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Foul Mike said:
We may never know who the woman was that was depicted as "Rosie the Riveter."
During those years many pictures were taken and used later for poster etc. so who was actually Rosie the Riveter will never be known.

What is known is the fact that MANY women stepped up to the pump and did the jobs that needed done as most men were off to the War but needed Bullets and Beans to carry out their missions. And these Ladies did their jobs as best as could be done.

Whoever you are, Rosie, RIP. there were many of you.
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As the article says, she was the first and others (more photogenic) were used in print to help the war effort.
www.foxnews.com

Rosalind P. Walter, the original Rosie the Riveter, dead at 95

Rosalind P. Walter, also known as "Rosie the Riveter," died Wednesday at the age of 95 in New York City.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com
 
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Bullgear, as your post says, she was the first and others[more photogenic] were used in print to help the war effort. I concur.
My point is that there were many others doing those jobs and all of them need to be remembered.

My Grandmother made ammo at the plant in Denver, Colorado. Where the Federal Center is now.
 
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Foul Mike said:
Bullgear, as your post says, she was the first and others[more photogenic] were used in print to help the war effort. I concur.
My point is that there were many others doing those jobs and all of them need to be remembered.

My Grandmother made ammo at the plant in Denver, Colorado. Where the Federal Center is now.
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Forget for sure if that was winchester or remington at the fed center in lakewood. I think remington. Right? My grandad worked there and they deferred his number twice trying to keep him there. They tried a third time and he said nope, I'm going. Have a knife he brought back hanging over the bench. Wish I could get his rifle expert pin from my uncle. Sad affairs here right now.
 
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My grandmother (all 4'5" of her) worked for Boeing, assembling B-17's. She was one of the few small enough to fit in the tail gunner section with a rivet gun. Later on, they discovered how steady her hands were, so she went to work, installing the crosshairs in the Norden bombsight. All while her husband (my grandfather) was fighting in Burma with Merrill's Marauders (he was an interpreter with the Red Team).

It was definitely a different generation and attitude.
 
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MarinePMI said:
My grandmother (all 4'5" of her) worked for Boeing, assembling B-17's. She was one of the few small enough to fit in the tail gunner section with a rivet gun. Later on, they discovered how steady her hands were, so she went to work, installing the crosshairs in the Norden bombsight. All while her husband (my grandfather) was fighting in Burma with Merrill's Marauders (he was an interpreter with the Red Team).

It was definitely a different generation and attitude.
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My mother worked Boeing Seattle 42-45 installing M.G mounts in the nose of B17’s
 
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Foul Mike said:
Bullgear, as your post says, she was the first and others[more photogenic] were used in print to help the war effort. I concur.
My point is that there were many others doing those jobs and all of them need to be remembered.

My Grandmother made ammo at the plant in Denver, Colorado. Where the Federal Center is now.
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Mom built two J2F Duck engine mounts per night at Columbia Aircraft in LI for Grumman. Later that day, the Grumman Test Pilot would test dive the planes built with her mounts from two nights before, right over the house in Valley Stream, LI.

He had a crush on her, and the test dives pissed her off. It messed up her sleep for work those nights.

I was born May 22, 1946, nine months and two weeks after Hiroshima.

Go, Ducks!

Not really, I'm rooting behind the Vegas Golden Knights these days.

Greg
 
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MarinePMI said:
My grandmother (all 4'5" of her) worked for Boeing, assembling B-17's. She was one of the few small enough to fit in the tail gunner section with a rivet gun. Later on, they discovered how steady her hands were, so she went to work, installing the crosshairs in the Norden bombsight. All while her husband (my grandfather) was fighting in Burma with Merrill's Marauders (he was an interpreter with the Red Team).

It was definitely a different generation and attitude.
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My grandmother, also very small, was an inspector on P38s I think. She could fit behind the instrument panel to make sure the wiring was good.

She has suffered from hearing loss due to her work in loud factories.

I think everyone understands that the women who got it done were more important than the posters.

My grandmother is still alive so for me Rosie the Riveter isn't dead.
 
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My grandmother's worked the fields. The foods (meats and grains) still needed to be produced, and it all still needed to be tended to. While my grandfather and Great Uncle's were off to war, overseas.

The Sullivan's (US) were famous, and justifiably so.
The Thomas's (CAN) were not famous, as they (mostly) came home.

It was a heck of a contribution put out by ALL, in one way/manner or another. Compared with the 'people' of today, where life's importances are measured in 'thumbs-up's/likes/friends' and whatnot.
 
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Everyone is so quick to forget how women were thrust into the call back in that era. I’m sitting here reading through my kid’s school paperwork and there’s a section on how they’ll lock the kids down and provide then with tablets if there’s a radiation situation.

A lot of dudes want to belittle women online but this post is a great reminder of how women, who went from “making sammiches” (as a lot of weak dudes comment online) to building bombs/bullets/tanks/pushing the supply chain forward.

? to the women who served and continue to serve, regardless of capacity, be it behind a trigger, keyboard, or press.
 
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Hey now, my wife makes a hell of a sammich! Of course, a retired MSgt should know how, after all those years on watch at weird hours. ?

So I guess my wife makes SNCO sammiches. ?
 
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MarinePMI said:
Hey now, my wife makes a hell of a sammich! Of course, a retired MSgt should know how, after all those years on watch at weird hours. ?

So I guess my wife makes SNCO sammiches. ?
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I do all of the cooking, cleaning, shopping, and video gaming so I guess I’m the wife lol. When I was a SNCO wife, I made awesome sammiches. Now that I’m an officer’s wife, I make amazing paninis. Nom Nom Nom lol

#WeHaveComeALongWay
 
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M8541Reaper said:
I do all of the cooking, cleaning, shopping, and video gaming so I guess I’m the wife lol. When I was a SNCO wife, I made awesome sammiches. Now that I’m an officer’s wife, I make amazing paninis. Nom Nom Nom lol

#WeHaveComeALongWay
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Hey, I do almost all the cooking too. But she still makes all the sammiches (it’s a joke between us).
 
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