Penny ColmanRosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II

I gifted this to my mother-in-law. She worked at Boeing during WWII and I wanted to thank her for her service. Without the men and women at the homefront the war would have been lost. She enjoyed the book and the photos. It's not a long book but I think she can show it to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren because it's easy to read. These women and men are part of the Greatest Generation and need to be remembered for their duty.

Mama was a Rosie, making ammo in a munitions plant in WW2. Her stories were hair raising. Those facilities blew up with regularity. Nitro tends to do that. Not as dangerous as test flying airplanes...yes, women did that...but lives were lost to the unstable material. This aspect of that war reveals quite a sisterhood. Mostly unsung, they kept the far off battles equipped, their hours grueling, their own lives at risk for sabotage. They kept the home fires burning and their warriors armed on distant shores. Here is a large slice of American spine rarely read and understood. Buy this good read. Your granny might be in this story.

I enjoyed this tribute to American women and the contributions they made to the US victory in World War II. After reading it I bought another copy that the author autographed for me. I gave it to a lady who was actually an aircraft riveter during the War. The memories it triggered brought a smile to her face. Thank you, Penny Colman and Thank all the Rosies.

I loved the books history of all the Rosies working all aspects of jobs while our men were away at war. I was born in 42 and for some reason feel a connection. We had a Kaiser Shipyard in Vancouver building ships for the war effort. My grandmother worked there. Today there are Rosie Conventions throughout the US with some original Rosies attending.

I am using it as a major reference for the book I am writing about my father's WWII experiences, Rolling with Patton: From the letters of Jerry Hill, a Red Cross Man with the 97th Division, and his wife, Essie Mae Hill, on the Homefront.

We wanted it just for reference for a display my wife is putting together.

If you have an interest in the wonderful women who helped win World War II on the home front this is a good choice of source material for you.

Exactly what I wanted and in great shape. I am using it for a book report for my niece and it will be perfect. It even has questions in it.

This is a very good book but may be to a limited audience. I saw the film years ago but I am unable to purchase the DVD of it. It tells the true facts of the American women who worked in the armaments factories in the USA during the war. I have an interest as an uncle of mine emigrated to California in the 1930s and his wife Dorothy actually worked in one of these places. Well worth the read.