rose will monroe was the most well known real life rosie the riveter and her job during wwii.
rose will monroe was the most well known real life rosie the riveter and her job during wwii.
who was the most well known real life rosie the riveter what was her job during wwii?
rose will monroe
rosie the riveter became most closely associated with another real woman, rose will monroe, who was born in pulaski county, kentucky in 1920 and moved to michigan during world war ii. she worked as a riveter at the willow run aircraft factory in ypsilanti, michigan, building b-24 bombers for the u.s. army air forces. monroe was asked to star in a promotional film about the war effort at home. the song "rosie the riveter" was popular at the time, and monroe happened to best fit the description of the worker depicted in the song. "rosie" went on to become perhaps the most widely recognized icon of that era. the films and posters she appeared in were used to encourage women to go to work in support of the war effort. at the age of 50, monroe realized her dream of flying when she obtained a pilot's license. in 1978, she crashed in her small propeller plane when the engine failed during takeoff. the accident resulted in the loss of one kidney and the sight in her left eye, and ended her flying career. she died from kidney failure on may 31, 1997, in clarksville, indiana where she was a resident, at the age of 77.
rosie the riveter
bullet::::- rosie the riveter at history channel's website.









































bullet::::- regional oral history office / rosie the riveter / wwii american homefront project









































bullet::::- thanks plain and simple, an online group of "rosies"









































bullet::::- american rosie the riveter association









































bullet::::- a real-life "rosie the riveter"









































bullet::::- another real-life "rosie" from the library of congress' image set









































bullet::::- "the life and times of rosie the riveter" movie









































bullet::::- oral history interview with audrey lyons, a "real life" rosie, who worked in the brooklyn shipyard during wwii from the veterans history project at central connecticut state university
rosie the riveter