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World War II Honoree

Civilian on the Home Front

Rosalind Palmer

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

Pearl Thomas

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Activity During WWII

During the war, she worked the night shift driving rivets into the metal bodies of Corsair fighter planes at a plant in Connecticut, a job previously reserved for men. A newspaper column about her inspired a morale-boosting 1942 song that turned her into a 'Rosie the Riveter'.