{"id":1464,"date":"2010-01-29T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carmenelectrode.com\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2010-01-04T10:10:13","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T18:10:13","slug":"rosie-at-tinker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2010\/01\/29\/rosie-at-tinker\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosie at Tinker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All I can say is, it&#8217;s about time!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s about time somebody put up a statue in honor of the working women of WWII, and it&#8217;s high time I find out about it (it&#8217;s only been nearly a decade)!<\/p>\n<p>Now, if we could just get some of the other states to follow suit&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tinker statue commemorates working women<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Journal Record, The (Oklahoma City)<br \/>\nApr 3, 2000 by Bill May The Journal Record<\/p>\n<p>When Elizabeth Ward decided to apply for a job at Tinker Air Force Base, it was no precedent-shattering event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just walked in and got my job,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It was because of women like her, that it was that way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waymarking.com\/waymarks\/WM66CM_Rosie_the_Riveter_Tinker_Air_Force_Base_Oklahoma_City_OK\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1465 alignleft\" title=\"rosie\" src=\"\/blog\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/rosie-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"rosie\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/rosie-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/rosie.JPG 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The &#8220;her&#8221; she referred to was Frankie Collier, 73, who went to work for the Douglas Aircraft Plant, now building 3001 at Tinker, the day she turned 18 in August 1944.<\/p>\n<p>As an inspection clerk, Collier didn&#8217;t handle the wrenches, tools and rivet guns that gave the name &#8220;Rosie the Riveter&#8221; to a whole generation of women who took over defense manufacturing jobs to free a equal number of men to fight World War II.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I worked there until the end of the war, then they just let us go,&#8221; she said. &#8220;There was nothing done about it, nothing said. They just told us to go home, the war was over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the 55 ensuring years, Collier &#8212; like so many of her generation &#8212; got married, raised a family and continued with a teaching career.<\/p>\n<p>One thing was missing, though. There was no memorial, no statue, nothing to commemorate the tough work these women tackled during the nation&#8217;s dark days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/findarticles.com\/p\/articles\/mi_qn4182\/is_20000403\/ai_n10136142\/\" target=\"_blank\">CONTINUE READING ONLINE -&gt;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All I can say is, it&#8217;s about time! 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