The original “Rosie” (the one from the artwork) quit after two weeks and moved into an office job.
Really a classic American story. Imagine moving from Iowa to California in 1942. Yes, the war had started but the US was a heckuva lot more still in the Depression than in any kind of what we might think of as postwar boom. Richmond, site of the Kaiser shipyards, was probably just exploding with activity, or at least starting to.
My great uncle died in an industrial accident at the same shipyard during the war. God bless those whose efforts were so critical on the hone front.
My MIL was a machinist, her best friend was a riveter.
My great uncle died in an industrial accident at the same shipyard during the war. God bless those whose efforts were so critical on the hone front.