We would love to hear your Rosie stories. Your story can either be about a moment with a Rosie or a moment with a Rosie supporter. Record your story on a cell phone or a digital recorder. Make it 4-to-6 minutes long. Talk naturally. The goal is to help others to see Rosies as real …
Dear Fellow Americans, People in Glenville, WV and surrounding areas will soon be known nationwide for helping West Virginia to become a model for other states to follow in the American Rosie Movement™ – a new kind of social movement that gets people to unite to create projects with American Rosie the Riveters …
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Mercy Howls on V. J. Day – Draft by Anne Montague about her memory of her mother on Victory Japan Day Anne was bored. The August day was hot, humid, windless. She called to Mercy, her mostly-fox-terrier mutt, as she ran down the steps of her grandparents’ cottage. Mercy didn’t move from the shade of …
Hello, my name is Michael Kindred. I am the president of Thanks! Plain and simple. As “Thanks!” prepares for three outstanding events this year—one is a Rosie Summit in Washington at American University, one is our annual Ring a Bell for Rosies event across America and in other countries on Labor Day, and one is …
A SMALL SCHOOL IS A MODEL FOR A NEW KIND OF NATIONAL MOVEMENT CHARLESTON, WV (JUNE 16, 2022). Thanks! Plain and Simple, Inc. ™ (“Thanks!”), a nonprofit organization has been awarded a grant by the West Virginia Humanities Council to name a school room “The Rosie the Riveter Room” in Gilmer County, West Virginia. …
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November 17, 2021 Yesterday was the end of an era with our Rosies. “Buddie” Curnutte, whose character and personality helped to shape the American Rosie Movement, was buried after a ceremony in this modest, sincere church within walking distance of her home in a small town near Charleston, WV. …
