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14. She didnt talk about it much, but my grandmother was a

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 08:13 PM

Jan 2018

welder during the war. I wish she was still here so that I could ask more questions about her early life. From what I understand, it was colorful to say the least.

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Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real 'Rosie the Riveter,' Dead at 96 [View all] DonViejo Jan 2018 OP

My kids learned a few years ago that my mother had worked in defense plants during WW2. Arkansas Granny Jan 2018 #1

Both of my Moms parents worked for Boeing aircraft in California. oneshooter Jan 2018 #17

Thanks for this post. That picture is often used on twitter and now I know the origin. iluvtennis Jan 2018 #2

Thank you, Rosie, and all the other Rosies Kristofer Bry Jan 2018 #3

My eldest aunt was a Class A tig welder Solly Mack Jan 2018 #4

My grandma bent tubes in the Long Beach area during WWII denbot Jan 2018 #5

my mother was a machine lathe operator in nyc..... getagrip_already Jan 2018 #6

RIP Rosie (AKA Naomi) fantase56 Jan 2018 #7

My avatar here at DU! CTyankee Jan 2018 #8

I had an aunt and neighbor who worked down at the Philly Naval shipyard during WW2. BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #9

Yes, women loved their experience in the factories, but when the war was over and the men CTyankee Jan 2018 #10

At the time, women were treated like placeholders and were expected Arkansas Granny Jan 2018 #19

Who wrote famous book about how women were steered back to house and kitchen after WWII? bobbieinok Jan 2018 #11

Most of those heroic women lost their jobs when the GIs came home FakeNoose Jan 2018 #13

My aunt & neighbor were in college at the time BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #15

More like when the GI's returned home the war was over. oneshooter Jan 2018 #18

our paper today had a notice for a woman who had done WW2 industrial work pansypoo53219 Jan 2018 #12

She didnt talk about it much, but my grandmother was a Ferrets are Cool Jan 2018 #14

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Rest now Naomi. We will carry on. riversedge Jan 2018 #20

RIP Rosie and all the other 'Rosies' burrowowl Jan 2018 #21