Married Women were also “Rosie-The-Riveters” The Story of Iva Van Alstine By Nancy Van Alstine Mullis Even the married women did their part during World War II. Before the war my mother, “Iva Van Alstine” was a married housewife with five children. My Father (Harold) had a local job and mom stayed home and cared … read more »
by Daughters, Frances Howard Sweet and Helen Howard Kasemeyer Maude Beatrice Thompson was born January 14, 1905 in Joppa, Alabama. She had two brothers and one sister. When she was eighteen the family moved to Pineville, Kentucky where her mother continued to be a homemaker and her father worked in the coal mines. In January … read more »
Rosie Lorraine Miller met her future husband at the USO, became engaged, then did not see her fiancee’s face or hear his voice for three years! Lorraine writes, “I was born on a dairy farm in Fulton, MD, one of two girls and two boys. When I was seventeen years old I heard President Roosevelt … read more »
Rosie Dorothy Rice Schultz joined The Women’s Land Army to do farm work so that she could help feed citizens at home and troops abroad. Newly married, her husband of six months off to war, and a desk job in Washington D.C., Dorothy was interested in helping local farmers. On Sundays, she would go with … read more »
Rosie Marjorie Gallun worked with some men who did not appreciate women workers, found a better job helping to make bombers, and then became a MARINE! Marjorie writes, “We lived near Buffalo, New York where I graduated from high school in 1940. Because of the depression, most everyone had been on welfare. Unemployment was high. I had always … read more »
Rosie Rena Van Buren was a shell casing inspector who knew a soldier’s life depended on her accurate work. Rena writes, “In 1941, I was an 18 year-old single mother in Frostburg, Maryland. I lived on a quiet street where everyone knew everyone else and many were related. On December 7, 1941, my life changed. … read more »