Clara Doutly at 101

MEET CLARA DOUTLY – She’s a Rosie who is now 101!!

Posted January 4, 2023 & filed under Latest News.

Clara Doutly is a lifelong Detroiter as well as a WWII Rosie the Riveter. At age 100, she shares memories of life as an African-American Rosie at Briggs Manufacturing in the 1940s and some of her amazing experiences as an honored Rosie. The American Rosie the Riveter Association’s Michigan Willow Run Chapter and the MotorCities … read more »

Santa Image from WW2

Reflecting on Christmas During WWII

Posted November 30, 2022 & filed under Latest News, Rosie & WWII History.

The holiday season has begun, and it is a time for us to be grateful and to reflect on Christmases past. How did WWII affect the way Americans celebrated Christmas during those difficult years when so many service members were away from home?

Sponsor a Rosie for Convention 2023

Posted November 23, 2022 & filed under Latest News.

NEW in the Rosie Shoppe! Help honor our WWII Rosies by paying a portion of their expenses for the 2023 Convention in Portland, Oregon. Any amount is welcome! We already have $1,100 pledged! Complete the form here to contribute.

CONVENTION June 2023 in Portland, Oregon

Posted November 1, 2022 & filed under Latest News.

Join us at the ARRA Convention in Portland, Oregon! June 8-11, 2023. Book your room at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront and register today: Click here for information and registration form.

Honoring Our Country’s Black Rosies

Posted July 18, 2022 & filed under Latest News, Rosie & WWII History.

“The War made me live better, it really did. My sister always said that Hitler was the one that got us out of white folk’s kitchen.”
Quote by Fanny Christina “Tina” Hill, from book Rosie The Riveter Revisited, Women, The War, and Social Change, by Sherna B. Gluck

CONVENTION June 2022 in Tulsa

Posted April 6, 2022 & filed under Latest News.

Join us at the ARRA Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma! June 10, 11, 12, 2022. Book your room at the Hyatt Regency Tulsa and register today!