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Date(s) - 06/01/2024
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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The 1st Annual Rosie the Riveter Celebration will have live entertainment from Sue Palmer Swing Motel Orchestra, with feet stomping Boogie Woogie from the 1940s and the Andrew Sisters.
More importantly, this is a celebration to honor the brave women who worked in shipyards and factories during World War II.
They labored as welders, machinists, and (of course) riveters. Women also drove trucks, cleaned houses, flew planes, organized fundraisers, treated patients, grew crops, broke codes, and cared for children. Hundreds of thousands of them joined the armed forces. With opportunities came struggles. Some Americans heralded women’s patriotism, but others thought it was inappropriate for them to work outside the home. Women experienced sexual harassment and violence at work, in public, and their homes. Black, Latina, Native American, and Asian American women faced racism and discrimination in war work and society. The US government forced Japanese American and Unangax̂ (Aleut, Alaska Native) people into incarceration camps.
The true stories of these women have been overlooked or forgotten, such as the grandmother of Vivian Escalante, CEO of Boyle Heights Community Partners, who worked at Lockheed Martin. This celebration will be complemented by a fantastic art gallery showcasing the history of women’s diversity.
Location The Women's Twentieth Century Club 5105 Hermosa Ave Los Angeles, CA 90041 (323) 478.1883
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