Above, left to right, are Rosies Kay Morrison, Marian Sousa, Agnes Moore, Priscilla Elder, Marian Wynn and Phyllis Gould. All but Sousa are former Boilermakers. Photo courtesy of Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group
At its annual gala on April 8, the Rosie the Riveter Museum (Richmond, California) honored the legacy of women who worked at the Richmond Shipyards near San Francisco during World War II. During the war, women comprised 37 percent of all Boilermakers working at the shipyard. The “Rosies” held a wide variety of jobs, including welders, burners, ship fitters and general laborers. They also performed general clerical work.
