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Real-Life Rosie the Riveter, Phyllis Gould, Among First Six Women Hired at Richmond Shipyard In WWII, Dies at 99
A pioneer among independent women in the blue-collar workforce in America, one-time WWII-era welder Phyllis Gould, who went on to fight for national recognition for herself an other Rosies, died last week at her home in Fairfax. She was 99.
While there were some 6 million American women who answered the call to take wartime defense factory jobs, a group of original Rosies in the Bay Area, including the highly activist Ms. Gould, have lobbied hard in recent decades for historical recognition of their work beyond the iconic Rosie the Riveter poster. As the Associated Press reports, Gould was instrumental in helping establish the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, opened in 2000. She and a group of other living Rosies met with former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden in 2014, and she helped lobby Congress
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California woman who fought to honor Rosie the Riveter dies
Phyllis Gould, one of the millions of women who worked in defense plants in World War II and who later relentlessly fought to honor those âRosie the Riveters,â has died
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FILE - In this Monday, March 31, 2014, file photo, Rosie the Riveter Phyllis Gould, 92, center, her sister Mary Ann Sousa, left, and Agnes Moore, 94, walk on the White House grounds in Washington. Gould, one of the millions of women who worked in defense plants in World War II and who later relentlessly fought to honor those âRosie the Riverters,â died on July 20, 2021, from complications of a stroke, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Rosie the Riveter Phyllis Gould dies at 99 - successfully pushed for Congressional Gold Medal
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Rosie the Riveter Phyllis Gould, center, her sister Marian Sousa, left, and Agnes Moore walk on the White House grounds in Washington in 2014.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Phyllis Gould wears the identification button she used when she was working as a welder at Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond during World War II as she and other Rosie the Riveters visited the White House in 2014.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
More than 75 years ago, Phyllis Gould welded warships in Richmond, one of the millions of Rosie the Riveters who helped win World War II. When the fighting ended, the Rosies were largely forgotten but Gould made it her life’s mission to fix that, lobbying every political leader from the White House on down to get more recognition for these iconic women.
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