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  • McGee and I have been working on it all day, and all I could see wrong with it is there's a little gadget mission off there.

  • I told you that before you did, but you wouldn't listen.

  • You just kept saying, What do women know about mechanics and you brush me off?

  • Well, I don't know anything about him again.

  • In fact, women don't know much about anything.

  • Why, McGee, How you older when it comes down to actually do anything to take the man?

  • Well, way most women worked.

  • A typical female jobs are asshole knickers if they were married.

  • But on December 7th, 1941 everything was about to change way from the NBC newsroom In New York.

  • President Roosevelt said in a statement today that the Japanese have attacked the harbor, Hawaii, from the air.

  • Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 a date which will live can intimate United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked.

  • Pearl Harbor bombing marked America's entrance into World War two, then went off to war, and women vowed to do their part On the home front.

  • Everyone was united with one common goal to win the war and women wanted, and we're expected to do their share.

  • Thousands of women joined the military in exclusive women's service is such as waves in West.

  • Many volunteered his nurses.

  • No epic was too small.

  • Women did everything from purchasing bonds that helped finance the war to collecting 10 cans and other scrap metals that could be used in building war equipment.

  • They even save bacon grease, which is used in making ammunition.

  • And when food, clothing and gasoline for ration, they learn to make do with what they had and many planet victory gardens to grow their own vegetables.

  • Nylons were considered a luxury because the materials were being used to make parachutes intense for the soldiers.

  • Women were encouraged where ankle socks instead from coast to coast, many factories converted over to war production.

  • But as more and more men went off to war, they left a huge void in the workforce, and there was a desperate need to build her shoes.

  • But who could they find who was strong enough hard working in them and not afraid of heavy labor?

  • Women everywhere women look, there were signs pointing the way to jobs.

  • Uncle Sam was making every effort to lure women into the factories to fill these vacant positions there, we've endured adore campaigns, encouraging women to do their patriotic duty and enter the workforce.

  • Many homes had blue stars hanging on the doors, indicating a loved one serving in the military.

  • Chances are, the women who lived here were happy to oblige.

  • In fact, many women took on the challenge and went off to work.

  • They rolled up their sleeves, tied up their hair and said, We can do it And they did over six million of them, who came to be known as Rosie the Riveters that they weren't all riveters.

  • There were many different production jobs, and after putting up with a little teasing from their male co workers, who sent him off to the tool Crip fictitious items such as airplanes stretches.

  • His women settled in and helped to build thousands of airplanes, warships and billions of rounds of ammunition.

  • His husband's fought overseas wives were building the equipment they needed to win the war.

  • There were plenty of single women as well, some who found a bonus of falling in love on the job with a co worker.

  • Many Rosie's were honored with the coveted Army Navy E PIN production award for their excellent service, and ceremonies were held just for this event.

  • On September 2nd, 1945 the war was finally over and soldiers returned home to the women in their lives.

  • Many of these women were Rosie the Riveters, who helped them to win the war by taking care of things here on the home front like this Rosy.

  • Who knew the sooner the war was over, the sooner she could be reunited with her paratrooper, get married and get on with her life.

  • Many women return to traditional girls on the job and in the home.

  • But new doors and opportunities would open up women all because Rosie the Riveters answered their country's call for help.

  • Said We can do it and then got the job done.

  • It must give you the satisfaction to hold down a real man's job, McGee.

  • You try it sometime.

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