Rosie the Riveter in Long Beach - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0738558141 ISBN 13: 9780738558141

Casa editrice: Arcadia Pub, 2008

Riassunto

During World War II, an unprecedented number of women
took jobs at aircraft plants, shipyards, munitions factories, and other concerns across the nation to produce material essential to winning the war. Affectionately and collectively called "Rosie the Riveter" after a popular 1943 song, thousands of these women came to the U.S. Army-financed Douglas Aircraft Plant in Long Beach, the largest wartime plane manufacturer, to help produce an astonishing number of the aircraft used in the war. They riveted,
welded, assembled, and installed, doing man-sized jobs, making attack bombers, other war birds, and cargo transports. They trained at Long Beach City Schools and worked 8- and 10-hour shifts in a windowless, bomb-proof plant. Their children attended Long Beach Day Nursery, and their households ran on rations and victory gardens. When the men came home after the war ended, most of these resilient women lost their jobs.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Arcadia Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0738558141
• ISBN 13: 9780738558141
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 128
• Redattore: Schipske Gerrie
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile