Bibliograph

Rosie the Riveter in Long Beach, Gerrie Schipske

Type

Label

Rosie the Riveter in Long Beach, Gerrie Schipske

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 127)

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rosie the Riveter in Long Beach

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

213846774

Responsibility statement

Gerrie Schipske

Series statement

Images of America

Summary

During World War II, an unprecedented number of women took 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, this book is about the 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

Table Of Contents

Creating an arsenal of democracy in Long Beach -- Recruiting women workers -- Rosie comes to Long Beach, California -- Rosie builds airplanes in Long Beach -- A woman's work is never done -- Other Long Beach rosies -- Celebrating Rosie the Riveter -- Resources

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