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Photo archive of real life Rosie the Riveters
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:20 am
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:20 am
Many more at Mashable
My grandmother was a "Rosie" building liberty ships at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard during the war. My grandfather served as an infantryman in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. He took a bullet to the knee at Anzio but rather than go home, he stayed with his company as a supply clerk (the wound limited his mobility leading to an eventual replacement in 1991). They were two of the most amazing people I have ever known.
My grandmother was a "Rosie" building liberty ships at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard during the war. My grandfather served as an infantryman in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. He took a bullet to the knee at Anzio but rather than go home, he stayed with his company as a supply clerk (the wound limited his mobility leading to an eventual replacement in 1991). They were two of the most amazing people I have ever known.
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During World War II, the drafting of millions of men for combat left American military contractors in dire need of workers to produce munitions and vehicles for the war effort.
Women on the home front stepped up in great numbers, taking over strenuous, hazardous manual labor and handling complex, technical tasks. A month after Pearl Harbor, 60 widows of the attack responded to job openings at aircraft plants in California, with the motto "keep ’em flying to avenge our husbands’ deaths."
In addition to traditional administrative roles, women stepped in as laborers and engineers in steel mills, tank factories and, in particular, the aviation industry.
Their contributions, for which they were usually paid half a typical man’s wage, became the inspiration for the government’s “Rosie the Riveter” propaganda character.
When the war ended, most women workers wanted to keep their jobs, enjoying the financial independence and respect they earned. Almost all were laid off, however, owing to the slowdown of military production and the return of male soldiers expecting jobs.
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:22 am to Tigeralum2008
most of those broads would clean up pretty nicely.
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:23 am to Tigeralum2008
Praise science for tanning beds.
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:23 am to Tigeralum2008
Most young women today would be too busy taking selfies to actually get any work done.
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:24 am to Tigeralum2008
This is an ATX hipster wet dream.
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:27 am to MikeyFL
No fatties.
There were so few fatties back then. Ugh. I saw an obese woman take the elevator down from 2nd floor to lobby at my office this morning. The stairs are NEXT to the elevator.
I'm trying to imagine that lard arse riveting war planes 10 hours a day.
There were so few fatties back then. Ugh. I saw an obese woman take the elevator down from 2nd floor to lobby at my office this morning. The stairs are NEXT to the elevator.
I'm trying to imagine that lard arse riveting war planes 10 hours a day.
This post was edited on 12/10/15 at 9:28 am
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:29 am to upgrayedd
I've always thought the way women fixed themselves up back then was sexy as hell.
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:29 am to Tigeralum2008
This isn't real life. If it were, she would be doing that with a finger in her butt.
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:29 am to TheCaterpillar
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No fatties.
There were so few fatties back then.
One of the fantastic reasons to spend time in other countries.
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:34 am to upgrayedd
nice pics but you know they are all staged for the photos. Look at many of those women's hands, those aren't working hands. that is probably the first electric tools those models ever had their hands on.
TA: Note i said electric tool.
TA: Note i said electric tool.
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:36 am to Tigeralum2008
more like a planned photoshoot. "Real life" my arse.
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:37 am to swamplynx
yeah they didn't even bother to have them wear gloves.
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:40 am to SabiDojo
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Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:41 am to Meauxjeaux
Cool stuff back then.
So WW2 is responsible for income inequality?
Damn Germans.
So WW2 is responsible for income inequality?
Damn Germans.
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:45 am to Tigeralum2008
I bet the guys in those pictures were slaying poon.
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:47 am to Darth_Vader
If you haven't done so already, you should go to one of the musical shows featuring the Victory Belles at the WWII Museum. We've been to all of the shows except one. BTW they will have a show, dinner, party on New Years' Eve and it sounds like it will be one not to miss.
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:49 am to Tigeralum2008
Not a single piece of PPE to be seen. Back before OSHA went and mucked everything up....
Posted on 12/10/15 at 9:49 am to Tigeralum2008
wow, what's the deal with this button?
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