World War II Honoree

Ruth Marcile Lorett Moffatt

Hometown

Yale, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

LEFT HIGH SCHOOL EARLY IN RESPONSE TO THE COUNTRY'S CALL FOR WOMEN TO WORK IN FACTORIES TO REPLACE MEN WHO HAD BEEN SENT OFF TO WAR. SHE ANSWERED THE CALL IN THE 1940S, AND AS A TEENAGER, WORKED AS A ‘ROSIE THE RIVETER’ AT THE DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY PLANT IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA, DURING THE WAR. HER DUTIES WERE AS AN ELECTRICIAN INSTALLING WIRING ON A-20 'HAVOC' FIGHTER AIRCRAFT. SHE LATER RETURNED AND GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL.