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    612-822-4611

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Rosie, a Detroit Herstory

Rosie, a Detroit Herstory

Lapointe, Nicole
Sisoy Isgro, Bailey

Hardcover

Series: Great Lakes Books

BiographyHistory

ISBN10: 0814345441
ISBN13: 9780814345443
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: Aug 20 2018
Pages: 56
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.40 Width: 8.10 Depth: 10.10
Language: English

For young readers, an illustrated true story about the women workers of World War II.

Rosie, a Detroit Herstory is a remarkable story for young readers about women workers during World War II. At this time in history, women began working jobs that had previously been performed only by men, such as running family businesses, operating machinery, and working on assembly lines. Across America, women produced everything from ships and tanks, to ammunition and uniforms, in spectacular quantities. Their skill, bravery, tenacity, and spirit became a rallying point of American patriotism and aided in defining Detroit as the Arsenal of Democracy. Even though women workers were invaluable to the war effort, they met with many challenges that their male counterparts never faced. Yet, for all of their struggles, their successes were monumental. Today, we refer to them as Rosies--a group of women defined not by the identity of a single riveter but by the collective might of hundreds of thousands of women whose labors helped save the world.

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