“Ring a Bell for Rosies” is a unifying event across America and in other nations on Labor Day weekend. Please ring a bell to honor American women who worked on the home front during WWII. They are often called Rosies the Riveters, but they prefer to be called “Rosies”, since most were not riveters – …
“Thanks!” to the Ben Franklin Career and Technical Center for their contributions to our Rosie work for over a decade. Examples of their help are web mastering, helping to design bluebird nest boxes, hosting Rosies as guest speakers, and consistent expertise in computer upkeep and advising. Lynn Hunt holds the award from “Thanks!” after at least …
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Folks, this is a draft about some women in my life who have led me to ask diverse people to unite by joining in the American Rosie Movement. It’s a first try. I need practice in presenting. Do any of you want to help me practice? “Thanks!”Anne Montague
Our IT Specialist who is so shy that he won’t show his face. FTC we call him. He has kept our computers going since 2016 as a volunteer. Intelligent, caring, and skilled. A genuine, Rosie friend.
“Thanks!” to Mark Toten for befriending Dorothy Jean Boley and her legacy. She was part of a World War II hiring wave on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway that saw many women go to work for the railroad when huge numbers of male employees left their railroad jobs for the United States armed services. Ms. Boley …
This shy artist has done exceptional work for years to help people to see the benefit of joining together – posters, sketches at events. These photos show us receiving an unexpected box from her, opening it, and finding a painting of the display that was put in two school rooms. The center and right …
“Thanks!” to Tom Spada, a student at Gilmer County High School, who was the photographer when his school named classrooms for Rosies – the first school to do so! A few months later, he was our photographer at a banquet held by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Washington, DC. See our website for some …
It’s clear. Americans need to pull together. We’ve heard it from elected leaders, media pundits, book authors, Ted-Talkers, and worried citizens for years now. But is anyone doing anything to unite Americans? Well . . , yes. It’s called The American Rosie Movement™. And it’s so different from other social movements that, sometimes, people don’t …
TO: Halla Tomasdottir (previous President of Iceland) and B-Team Leaders RE: New kind of social movement that gets work done by modelling oldest, proven women After 15 years of solid work with women who have been ignored and misunderstood, I am now heading an international movement. Let us find how to work together to reach …
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Tim Wilson, a veteran in Brunswick, MD, who began volunteering in 2012. His confidence that Americans can – and will – pull together has helped Brunswick become one of five Model Rosie the Riveter Cities.
