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EVERYONE HAS A ROLE:

THE AMERICAN ROSIE MOVEMENT

Pulling together to show that we can do the highest quality work to value our freedom by following the Rosie Legacy.

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“You who are running strong and independent

and with understanding hearts

help us to build

a better world in a new age.”

- The inscription on a Netherlands Carillon Bell in Arlington, VA

Photo credit: National Association of Manufacturing

AN EXAMPLE OF PULLING TOGETHER

Anna Hess, a Rosie who made truck tires in Akron, Ohio at age 15, was invited by the National Association of Manufacturing to speak at the Reagan Center in Washington in April of 2017. That day, 120 women received awards for excellent work in manufacturing. Thank you, NAM, for thanking Rosies in manufacturing.

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MEET 31 ROSIES

The women in this documentary film worked across America. The film is titled, "We Pull Together: Rosie the Riveters, Then and Now".

It premiered in 2011, so many of the Rosies are now gone; yet, their stories will always be relevant.

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What Can You Do to Be Part of the Movement?

The American Rosie Movement gives people ways to pull together to do work that needs to be done for freedom. If we don't use our freedom wisely, we will lose it. Rosies are proof that we can pull together for the present and the future.

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Photo credit: Sun Vega

KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS: A TRIBUTE TO ROSIE THE RIVETER

The Netherlands Embassy in Washington, D.C. has done significant work with Rosies since 2015. This short film is an example of the quality and meaning of what they have done to educate the public about the importance of the Rosie Legacy.

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SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2020 - THE NETHERLANDS EMBASSY HONORS ROSIES

In May and June, 2015, American Rosie Movement and others worked with the Netherlands Embassy, the National Liberation Museum in Nijmegan, Netherlands, and the King and Queen of the Netherlands at Arlington Cemetery and held ceremonies to thank American Rosies.

In May 2016, American Rosie Movement took Anna Hess, a Rosie who had gone to the Netherlands the previous year, to the Netherlands Embassy in Washington and then to the Netherlands Carillon, where the Ambassador talked of the history of the carillon and how the bells were made of melted down artillery shells. At that moment, American Rosie Movement saw that bells must be used to wake up people to the importance of following the Rosie Legacy.

Now, in September 2020, the Netherlands Embassy hosted an event where a dogwood tree that was previously planted for the Rosies on the embassy grounds received a plaque that commemorated the Rosies.

We would like to thank the Netherlands Embassy for the outstanding work they have done with us and other Rosie advocates since 2015. Other photos of their work can be seen on different parts of this website.

The speech that Anne gave during that event can be accessed from here.

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THE TODAY SHOW: THANKING ROSIES

On Christmas Eve of 2012, the Today Show aired a piece for Rosies with our help. This beautiful segment is set in an original factory where real Rosies worked at during WWII as a celebration of their efforts. This video is hosted on YouTube, but it is viewable from our "gallery" page.

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THE LEGACY OF ROSIES

Thanks Plain and Simple, Inc., American Rosie Movement, Rosie Legacy, and the Rosie Way for working more than a decade to find, interview, and work with Rosie the Riveters ("Rosies"). These women performed thousands of jobs in factories, farms, shipyards, and the government. Rosies, today, are in their 90s and America needs to know and work with them while it still can.

DOCUMENTARY FILM RELEASED EARLY IN THE WORK OF American Rosie Movement

"We Pull Together: Rosie the Riveters, Then and Now" is basic to the theme of the American Rosie Movement.

Above is Mary Ann Diamond. As you watch the film,

see if you agree with her statement about then and now.

YOUNG ROSIES

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STOP, LOOK, LISTEN. THEN, ACT AS ANY GOOD CITIZEN SHOULD.

1. Listen to a Rosie, then understand her importance to all of us,

2. Realize that when people, groups, and the nation act together to do something that needs to be done, we unify into a force that has a major impact for the world,

3. Work with others to create something – big or small – that honors the basic importance of Rosies: To pull together to produce something that makes a statement for doing quality work to overcome a problem facing the human family,

4. Tell others that the American Rosie Movement™ (ARM) is needed today and well into the future, help others to pull together to do something that honors the basics of good citizenship, and that we are thankful for each other’s help,

5. Make a statement – through your communication and action – about the need to embrace ARM as a new, refreshing, and clearly important social movement,

6. Join with others to publicize what you are doing, so that everyone’s contributions are seen as adding up to a whole, lasting, game-changing effort.

For firsthand stories of some Rosies, see Rosies .

For various projects that help you choose your role, see Your Role .

“Let these women be seen as an example that

we do better when we work together.” - David Payne II

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