Good Night Rosie, You Will Be Missed

[BullGear]

Seems like the original Rosie the Riveter has passed away. She was an iconic figure that got women involved in the WWII cause.

Goodnight sweet Rosie, there won't be another like you.

 

[atomic41]

Seems like the original Rosie the Riveter has passed away. She was an iconic figure that got women involved in the WWII cause.

Goodnight sweet Rosie, there won't be another like you.

Oh wow, didn't know she was still with us. RIP to an icon.

 

[broncoaz]

God damnit, I was all happy thinking fat cunt Rosie O’Donnell was dead.

 

[BAMCIS]

Rember my Grandmother had the Norman Rockwell Poster framed

Uncovering the Secret Identity of Rosie the Riveter | HISTORY

Naomi Parker Fraley, the inspiration behind Rosie the Riveter, died in January 2018.

www.history.com

 

[Maser]

I didn't even know there was an original. I thought it was just a collective group of women back in WW2. Back in the day when feminism was actual feminism and NOT female supremacy like it is nowadays. RIP.

 

[BAMCIS]

This is the print my Grandparents had. Done by Norman Rockwell.
If you look at the lunchbox,,that's where the name came from.
The book her feet are resting on
Mein Kampf.
The one above,is a Westinghouse Poster.

 

[Foul Mike]

We may never know who the woman was that was depicted as "Rosie the Riveter."
During those years many pictures were taken and used later for poster etc. so who was actually Rosie the Riveter will never be known.

What is known is the fact that MANY women stepped up to the pump and did the jobs that needed done as most men were off to the War but needed Bullets and Beans to carry out their missions. And these Ladies did their jobs as best as could be done.

Whoever you are, Rosie, RIP. there were many of you.

 

[BullGear]

We may never know who the woman was that was depicted as "Rosie the Riveter."
During those years many pictures were taken and used later for poster etc. so who was actually Rosie the Riveter will never be known.

What is known is the fact that MANY women stepped up to the pump and did the jobs that needed done as most men were off to the War but needed Bullets and Beans to carry out their missions. And these Ladies did their jobs as best as could be done.

Whoever you are, Rosie, RIP. there were many of you.

As the article says, she was the first and others (more photogenic) were used in print to help the war effort.

Rosalind P. Walter, the original Rosie the Riveter, dead at 95

Rosalind P. Walter, also known as "Rosie the Riveter," died Wednesday at the age of 95 in New York City.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Foul Mike]

Bullgear, as your post says, she was the first and others[more photogenic] were used in print to help the war effort. I concur.
My point is that there were many others doing those jobs and all of them need to be remembered.

My Grandmother made ammo at the plant in Denver, Colorado. Where the Federal Center is now.

 

[zeroz]

Bullgear, as your post says, she was the first and others[more photogenic] were used in print to help the war effort. I concur.
My point is that there were many others doing those jobs and all of them need to be remembered.

My Grandmother made ammo at the plant in Denver, Colorado. Where the Federal Center is now.

Forget for sure if that was winchester or remington at the fed center in lakewood. I think remington. Right? My grandad worked there and they deferred his number twice trying to keep him there. They tried a third time and he said nope, I'm going. Have a knife he brought back hanging over the bench. Wish I could get his rifle expert pin from my uncle. Sad affairs here right now.

 

[MarinePMI]

My grandmother (all 4'5" of her) worked for Boeing, assembling B-17's. She was one of the few small enough to fit in the tail gunner section with a rivet gun. Later on, they discovered how steady her hands were, so she went to work, installing the crosshairs in the Norden bombsight. All while her husband (my grandfather) was fighting in Burma with Merrill's Marauders (he was an interpreter with the Red Team).

It was definitely a different generation and attitude.

 

[Frank Warren]

My grandmother (all 4'5" of her) worked for Boeing, assembling B-17's. She was one of the few small enough to fit in the tail gunner section with a rivet gun. Later on, they discovered how steady her hands were, so she went to work, installing the crosshairs in the Norden bombsight. All while her husband (my grandfather) was fighting in Burma with Merrill's Marauders (he was an interpreter with the Red Team).

It was definitely a different generation and attitude.

My mother worked Boeing Seattle 42-45 installing M.G mounts in the nose of B17’s

 

[Deleted member 10043]

My mother worked assembling mortars. WTF?

 

[MarinePMI]

My mother worked assembling mortars. WTF?

Lol! She liked bigger tubes? ? j/k

 

[Greg Langelius *]

Bullgear, as your post says, she was the first and others[more photogenic] were used in print to help the war effort. I concur.
My point is that there were many others doing those jobs and all of them need to be remembered.

My Grandmother made ammo at the plant in Denver, Colorado. Where the Federal Center is now.

Mom built two J2F Duck engine mounts per night at Columbia Aircraft in LI for Grumman. Later that day, the Grumman Test Pilot would test dive the planes built with her mounts from two nights before, right over the house in Valley Stream, LI.

He had a crush on her, and the test dives pissed her off. It messed up her sleep for work those nights.

I was born May 22, 1946, nine months and two weeks after Hiroshima.

Go, Ducks!

Not really, I'm rooting behind the Vegas Golden Knights these days.

Greg

 

[clcustom1911]

I guess there were/are more than person who claimed to be "Rosie the Riveter".

 

[flyer]

My grandmother (all 4'5" of her) worked for Boeing, assembling B-17's. She was one of the few small enough to fit in the tail gunner section with a rivet gun. Later on, they discovered how steady her hands were, so she went to work, installing the crosshairs in the Norden bombsight. All while her husband (my grandfather) was fighting in Burma with Merrill's Marauders (he was an interpreter with the Red Team).

It was definitely a different generation and attitude.

My grandmother, also very small, was an inspector on P38s I think. She could fit behind the instrument panel to make sure the wiring was good.

She has suffered from hearing loss due to her work in loud factories.

I think everyone understands that the women who got it done were more important than the posters.

My grandmother is still alive so for me Rosie the Riveter isn't dead.

 

[Sean the Nailer]

My grandmother's worked the fields. The foods (meats and grains) still needed to be produced, and it all still needed to be tended to. While my grandfather and Great Uncle's were off to war, overseas.

The Sullivan's (US) were famous, and justifiably so.
The Thomas's (CAN) were not famous, as they (mostly) came home.

It was a heck of a contribution put out by ALL, in one way/manner or another. Compared with the 'people' of today, where life's importances are measured in 'thumbs-up's/likes/friends' and whatnot.

 

[M8541Reaper]

Everyone is so quick to forget how women were thrust into the call back in that era. I’m sitting here reading through my kid’s school paperwork and there’s a section on how they’ll lock the kids down and provide then with tablets if there’s a radiation situation.

A lot of dudes want to belittle women online but this post is a great reminder of how women, who went from “making sammiches” (as a lot of weak dudes comment online) to building bombs/bullets/tanks/pushing the supply chain forward.

? to the women who served and continue to serve, regardless of capacity, be it behind a trigger, keyboard, or press.

 

[MarinePMI]

Hey now, my wife makes a hell of a sammich! Of course, a retired MSgt should know how, after all those years on watch at weird hours. ?

So I guess my wife makes SNCO sammiches. ?

 

[M8541Reaper]

Hey now, my wife makes a hell of a sammich! Of course, a retired MSgt should know how, after all those years on watch at weird hours. ?

So I guess my wife makes SNCO sammiches. ?

I do all of the cooking, cleaning, shopping, and video gaming so I guess I’m the wife lol. When I was a SNCO wife, I made awesome sammiches. Now that I’m an officer’s wife, I make amazing paninis. Nom Nom Nom lol

#WeHaveComeALongWay

 

[MarinePMI]

I do all of the cooking, cleaning, shopping, and video gaming so I guess I’m the wife lol. When I was a SNCO wife, I made awesome sammiches. Now that I’m an officer’s wife, I make amazing paninis. Nom Nom Nom lol

#WeHaveComeALongWay

Hey, I do almost all the cooking too. But she still makes all the sammiches (it’s a joke between us).

 

[EddieNFL]

I do all of the cooking, cleaning, shopping, and video gaming so I guess I’m the wife lol. When I was a SNCO wife, I made awesome sammiches. Now that I’m an officer’s wife, I make amazing paninis. Nom Nom Nom lol

#WeHaveComeALongWay

Bought the wife a Ninja Foodi. It's in almost constant use. Wife has yet to turn it on.

 

[W54/XM-388]

Funny how the government starts a paid propaganda push... years later people have no clue it was paid propaganda and think it was just "organic".

 

[M8541Reaper]

Bought the wife a Ninja Foodi. It's in almost constant use. Wife has yet to turn it on.

Holy shit I just googled it and now I want one.