Connie Palacioz is a 100-year-old volunteer at the B-29 Doc Hangar Museum in Wichita, Kansas. The centenarian is one of the original, and few remaining, Rosie the Riveters.

Women who went to work in industries to aid the war effort became known under the moniker 'Rosie the Riveter'. Tucker says they were trailblazers, proving that women can succeed in what was ...

During wartime, women entered the workforce, with many recruited to assemble airplanes for the war. Palacioz was one of them.

Every Friday she can be found at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park Visitor Center in Richmond speaking to groups. “It’s kind of the most important thing in ...

During World War II, nearly 6 million women joined together to help the war effort. The group was represented by the iconic ...

By Kathy Chouteau In 1942, after spotting a Department of Defense advertisement recruiting workers, Omezelle Gipson boarded a ...

Connie Palacioz is Wichita’s own “Rosie the Riveter,” for volunteering at the B-29 Doc hangar during the war. “When visitors come and they ask us, and then I tell them that I worked there ...