During World War II, American women flooded the workforce due to the fact that men were being called up to war.  Those women were inspired by the “Rosie the Riveter” drives that encouraged women to take factory jobs that were once held by men.

During the war, American women helped to build 297,000 airplanes, 102,000 tanks and over 372,000 artillery pieces to support the war effort.

The women became collectively known as “Rosies” and according to the American Rosie the Riveter Association there were over sixteen million women – both full-time and volunteer – who worked in America’s production factories.

The American Rosie the Riveter Association is looking for women or descendants of women who worked in formerly all-male jobs during the World War II years of 1942-1945. For more information on the Rosies, email brittany.sorrells@retireatberry.com.