Rosie the Riveter Women Get Special Honors in Washington

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We've all seen the poster: a fierce woman, clad in a bandana and a denim jumpsuit, flexes her powerful bicep, utter badassery in her eyes. She's Rosie the Riveter, and she's an icon of American feminism for her determination to do any job a man can do, to step up when her nation needs her, to change the face of the American workforce forever. On Tuesday, a crew of real-life Rosies, along with their granddaughters and great-granddaughters, arrived in Washington Tuesday on an "Honor Flight"—usually reserved for the men who fought in World War II—for a celebration of their contributions to the war effort. Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D) and Candice Miller (R), both Michigan women with strong ties to the flourishing community of Rosies (and Rosebuds, the name for their female descendants) back home, led the event. "I wouldn't be where I am now without the Rosies," says Dingell, who formerly worked as the president of the General Motors Foundation before taking over her husband's congressional seat in 2014. At the start of American involvement in World War II, with young men heading towards the front lines, there was a call for women to fill their roles—in the factories, but
We've all seen the poster: a fierce woman, clad in a bandana and a denim jumpsuit, flexes her powerful bicep, utter badassery in her eyes. She's Rosie the Riveter, and she's an icon of American feminism for her determination to do any job a man can do, to step up when her nation needs her, to change the face of the American workforce forever. On Tuesday, a crew of real-life Rosies, along with their granddaughters and great-granddaughters, arrived in Washington Tuesday on an Honor Flight—usually reserved for the men who fought in World War II—for a celebration of their contributions to the war effort. Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D) and Candice Miller (R), both Michigan women with strong ties to the flourishing community of Rosies (and Rosebuds, the name for their female descendants) back home, led the event. I wouldn't be where I am now without the Rosies, says Dingell, who formerly worked as the president of the General Motors Foundation before taking over her husband's congressional seat in 2014. At the start of American involvement in World War II, with young men heading towards the front lines, there was a call for women to fill their roles—in the factories, but