We honored the Rosies for 4 days, and we really did a good job of it! The convention’s highlight was the participation of our Rosies in Portland’s Annual Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade on a beautiful float sponsored by The Boeing Company. The Rose Festival Foundation invited the Rosies to a special reception and announced … read more »
For the first time ever, the American Rosie the Riveter Association is having its annual convention in Portland, June 8-11. Fifteen original WWII Rosies, ages 94-101, along with 80 of their family and friends will join for fellowship and fun.
Download the newsletter and read all about the 2023 Convention in Portland, Oregon! Registration, Tentative Schedule, Things to Do in Portland and much more!
A chronological list of all the statues and exhibits which feature Rosie statues in America.
Download the newsletter and read all about the 2023 Convention in Portland, Oregon! Registration, Tentative Schedule, Things to Do in Portland and much more!
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 »
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?
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.
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.
Download the newsletter and read about the recent Tulsa ARRA Convention, ARRA’s 2023 Student Grants, Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in Honolulu and much more!
“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
The need for millions of women workers during WWII permanently altered society’s ideas about child care.