Director: Ken Stewart
The Richmond Rosies were part of the vanguard of women during WWII who left their homes to take jobs that were once the exclusive domain of men. From 1942 to 1945, they helped build 747 Victory and Liberty ships at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, CA, the largest shipyard in the world at that time.
The 5 featured women in the film became "Rosies"; short for Rosie the Riveter. They became journeyman welders, pipe welders, draftswomen, and electricians. And they built ships. Big onesĄ and lots of them. By the end of the war, women made up 60% of Kaiser's workforce which included the Oregon facility.
This film was made to honor the American women who helped to win a victory for their country as well as themselves. Individually and collectively they were part of a massive woman's movement and helped give birth to a new, and very independent American woman with their ambition, guts, skill, and fierce independence.
These are "The Richmond Rosies". These are the women who built ships.
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