During World War II; an unprecedented number of womentook jobs at aircraft plants; shipyards; munitions factories; and other concerns across the nation to produce material essential to winning the war. Affectionately and collectively called �Rosie the Riveter� after a popular 1943 song; thousands of these women came to the U.S. Army�financed Douglas Aircraft Plant in Long Beach; the largest wartime plane manufacturer; to help produce an astonishing number of the aircraft used in the war. They riveted;welded; assembled; and installed; doing man-sized jobs; making attack bombers; other war birds; and cargo transports. They trained at Long Beach City Schools and worked 8- and 10-hour shifts in a windowless; bomb-proof plant. Their children attended Long Beach Day Nursery; and their households ran on rations and victory gardens. When the men came home after the war ended; most of these resilient women lost their jobs.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Marge Stephenson/John StephensonWas as expected.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good Picture BookBy Eric NelsonNot a lot of substantive reading but nice pictures. I would recmmend this book but not as a reference material rather a coffee table book.
