First Published: 2:58 PM PDT, July 28, 2021
Phyllis Gould was one of six million civilian women who joined the workforce and worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, the Associated Press reported.
Phyllis Gould, one of the six original, real-life “Rosie the Riveters," who worked as a welder during World War II building warships, died last week. She was 99, CBS News reported.
Gould was one of the first women who stepped up to the call of duty in 1942 when she signed on as a welder at a shipyard in Richmond, California, earning $.90 an hour and filling positions when the men were called to war, CBS News reported.