Our Rosie Experience by Toree Weaver

         On our field trip to the Smithsonian we learned a lot about our class name “Rosie the Riveter”. One of the many things that we learned was that when women first started working in a mans place they were not welcome by the other men who did not go to war. We also learned that the women had to tie their hair up or cut it because it might have gotten caught in the machinery. Another interesting fact that we learned was that the main thing that women did was riveting different parts of an airplane. This is how the got the name “ Rosie the Riveter”. The women would practice riveting on a plane piece of metal because if they messed up on a major airplane piece the whole production would be backed up. It took two women to rivet bolts on an airplane (one on the inside and one on the outside). Although a lot of women supported the war by taking the men’s job, a lot of everyday people supported the war as well. Some people grew their own food to give to the troops. Also women stopped putting cuffs on their pants so that they can save silk for parachutes. Also people stopped driving alone and saved gas. After the war was over and the United States was victorious everything went back to normal. Women started to put cuffs in their pants and people started driving alone, but people now had a new outlook on women.