Number of “Rosies” (estimated; there are no records): Over six million
Number of “Volunteer Rosies”: (Estimated; there are no records): at least 10 million
Examples of items produced by Rosies and the “few good men” who worked alongside them:
Airplanes: 297,000
Tanks: 102,000
Artillery pieces: 372,000
Warships: 88,000
Small arms ammunition: 44,000,000.000 (44 billion) rounds
Artillery ammunition: 47,000,000 tons
Examples of items produced from materials collected by volunteer Rosies:
An old shovel had enough iron for four hand grenades.
One pound of waste fat had enough glycerin for a pound of gun powder.
12,000 old razor blades had enough steel to make a bomb.
Source: Rosie the Riveter, written by Penny Coleman and published by Crown Publishers, Inc., New York
The poem, “They Were Rosies”, was written by an ARRA Rosebud who wishes to remain anonymous.
Please feel free to print and share this wonderful poem.