Rosie the Riveters discovered a wartime California dream
- Written by Samuel Redman, Assistant Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Women shipfitters working on board the USS Nereus at the U.S. Navy Yard in Mare Island, circa 1943.Department of Defense
For many American families, the Great Depression and Dust Bowl struck like swift punches to the gut. New Deal work relief programs like the Works Progress Administration tossed lifelines into the crushing economic waves, but many...
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