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

Urban explorer photographs underground factory tunnels ... years to compete with German arms production In peak war years underground factory employed around 10,000 workers - many of them women ...

To keep the wartime production on track, the 40,000 factory workers needed proper protection ... Steel and Metal Works by the end of the World War II. Only the walls of a few production halls ...

My name is Jean Raymond (nee Wyper) and I worked in Ardeer Munitions Factory in Ayrshire for 2 to 3 years during World War II when I was aged 18-20. I originally started work there because my ...