Martin-Leese Lecture: Rosie the Riveter

Rosie the Riveter

This show features: Social history, women’s history, WWII

During World War II, women joined the U.S. workforce by the millions to replace the men who’d gone off to fight. Learn the fascinating story of Rosie the Riveter through Rose Leigh Monroe who worked at the largest factory in the world-Willow Run in Michigan. Join in the fun as you meet or maybe even play Charles Lindbergh, Walter Pidgeon, and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, all of whom toured Willow Run. Discover which came first: the Rosie posters, song, or the real women who sacrificed and worked in factories to help America win the war. Who was the real Rosie? The answer is riveting!

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