Participant Info

Membership Number
6741
Salutation
First Name
Louise
Middle/Maiden/Previous
Ruth
Last Name
Lewis
Address 1
350 Calloway Dr #314
Address 2
City
Bakersfield
Zip Code
93312
Phone
661-587-6002
Work Code #
6
Date of Birth
03/12/1925
Date of Death
Deceased At Join?
Comments
Name/Location of Company Worked
Vega Aircraft then Lockheed Aircraft - Bakersfield, CA
Dates of Work
6/11/1943 to Aug 1944
Type of Work
I made leading edges and trailing edges of B-17 Bombers during the war. Louise Lewis became a Rosie in 1943 after graduating from Kern County Union High School and she was recruited right off the campus. Louise The Riveter graduated on a Thursday night and was working on wings for a B-17 bomber Monday morning. One of 10 kids, her two older brothers enlisted. Harold was in the air force flying on the very plane that she helped to build. She spent nearly a year on the job but the membership in this unique sorority has lasted a lifetime.
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Is/Was Rosie a member of ARRA?
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