The narrative stresses that workers must prioritize safety and health to keep production on schedule, as idle machines can mean unarmed soldiers and lost battles. The film calls for a collective ...

The character of “Rosie the Riveter”—as feminist symbol, World War II icon and mid-century heroine ... revolutionary influx of female workers into traditionally male factory jobs—as ...

She translated letters from the European front of World War II. Now, she’s a 103-year-old ... who worked in a munitions ...

The plane rolled off the assembly line at the Douglas Aircraft Factory in Midwest City on March 7, 1944, a little less than three months before D-Day. After the war it was refurbished for a ...

(Composite via Canva) Workers at a chip factory in Auckland, New Zealand, had to call in reinforcements when what they thought was a “muddy potato” turned out to be a World War II-era grenade.

As the defense effort for World War II cranked up, the drive to marshal ... Officials had estimated that 14,000 workers would be needed to cover three shifts to staff the assembly plant, which ...