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The VP sent us a message. Women played a critical role. (Original Post)
DURHAM D
Mar 2021
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mahatmakanejeeves
(68,793 posts)1. Why March 21? NT
irisblue
(37,048 posts)4. from 2017
seeing no masks and the now instinctive.." Oh yeah the before days..
https://rosietheriveter.net/make-march-21st-national-rosie-the-riveter-day/
Thunderbeast
(3,798 posts)2. My mother built B-29s.
A remarkable woman of many talents.
If you live near Vancouver, Washington, go visit the "Rosy" sculpture on the Rvierfront walk (east of McMinemin's). It celebrates the ship builders at the Kaiser shipyard near the statue
http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/wendy_rose.html
Midnight Writer
(25,205 posts)3. My mother worked in an explosives plant.
peppertree
(23,186 posts)5. Where would the humanity be without women!?
It would resemble something out of a Mad Max movie - and of course in 50 years or so, disappear outright.
George II
(67,782 posts)6. Rosie the Riveter's spirit lives on:

