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Rose Will Monroe - 'Rosie the Riveter'

Rose Will Monroe – ‘Rosie the Riveter’

was recognized with the Aviation Achievement Award in 1999

Pulaski County native Rose Will Monroe went to work building B-24 and B-29 bombers at Ford’s Willow Run Aircraft Factory when, as a young widow, the rearing of two daughters fell to her. “Discovered” by movie star Walter Pidgeon, Rose Monroe became the personification of an American icon: Rosie the Riveter.

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