These real-life 'Rosie the Riveters' just received the top U.S. civilian award

On Wednesday, hundreds of elderly women who joined the U.S. workforce during the Second World War gathered in the U.S. Capitol to receive a Congressional Gold Medal of Honor, the nation's top civilian award.

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