Download the newsletter and read all about the 2023 Convention in Portland, Oregon! Registration, Tentative Schedule, Things to Do in Portland and much more!
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VOLUME 24 ISSUE 1 – 1ST QUARTER, 2023
Download the newsletter and read all about the 2023 Convention in Portland, Oregon! Registration, Tentative Schedule, Things to Do in Portland and much more!
MEET CLARA DOUTLY – She’s a Rosie who is now 101!!
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 »
Sponsor a Rosie for Convention 2024
WE WANT AS MANY WWII ROSIES AS POSSIBLE TO COME TO TENNESSEE in JUNE, 2024 AND JOIN IN THE FUN!
And to help ARRA member Rosies attend, YOU can SPONSOR A ROSIE to attend our Annual Convention!
YOU, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS and YOUR EMPLOYERS may help honor our WWII Rosies by paying a suggested amount of $200.00 of their travel/convention expenses. We had almost $2,000 pledged in 2023, and these sponsorships helped 14 WWII Rosies attend the 2023 convention in Portland! We’re doing the same for 2024 in Tennessee.
Sponsoring a Rosie qualifies as a donation to ARRA and is tax deductible. ARRA is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) organization.
If you’d prefer to pay by mail/check, scroll down for further information.
VOLUME 23 ISSUE 3 – 3RD QUARTER, 2022
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!
Honoring Our Country’s Black Rosies
“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
Who’s Watching Rosie’s Kids?
The need for millions of women workers during WWII permanently altered society’s ideas about child care.
VOLUME 23 ISSUE 2 – 2ND QUARTER, 2022
Download the newsletter and read about the upcoming ARRA Convention, ARRA’ Student Grant winner, Honolulu Chapter addition and much more!
VOLUME 22 ISSUE – 3RD AND 4TH QUARTER, 2021
CLICK HERE to download the newsletter and read about A Big Rosie Day in Atlanta, Rome, GA Rosies On the GO and much more!
WWII and the Nylon Riots!
Nylons, which were first introduced by DuPont at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, went on sale May 15, 1940. Not to be confused with panty hoses that weren’t introduced until the 1960s , nylons were a huge success and DuPont sold an incredible 64 million pairs in its first year. But as WWII raged … read more »
VOLUME 22 ISSUE – 2ND QUARTER, 2021
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Protecting the Home Front
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) was originally established under the President as part of the Office of Emergency Preparedness in May 1941. It was created to coordinate state and federal measures to protect citizens in case of war emergencies. The federal government sponsored public service announcements to promote participation in the drills and blackouts … read more »