The American Legion Auxillary needs your help finding Kansas Rosies. That’s short for “Rosie the Riveter,” an iconic image of Kansas women who went to work in droves on assembly lines, farms, and in airplane factories in World War Two.
Known Kansas Rosies will be honored in a ceremony on February 1st in Dodge City. If you know of a Rosie living or deceased, please call American Legion Auxillary President Karen Hating at 620-255-9339. She can also be emailed at werchaps@cox.net.
– Photo by Alfred T. Palmer Via The Library of Congress: This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif. She’s one of many capable women workers in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant. Better known as the “Flying Fortress,” the B-1
