• Page 244 →“From Handicrafts to Factory Work in Women’s Lives,” a community gathering sponsored by Helaine Victoria Press to celebrate the local women who had worked in the defense plants during World War II, plus women artisans in the community, specifically hand-quilters and embroiderers. The event included screenings of The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter and Four Women Artists, as well as an exhibit of the works of local quilters and an appearance of local Rosies.
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Rosies celebrating their defense work during World War II, and artisans exhibiting their quilts and embroidery, 1982

From Women Making History: The Revolutionary Feminist Postcard Art of Helaine Victoria Press by Julia M. Allen and Jocelyn H. Cohen

  • From Handiwork to Factory Work in Women's Lives," community program, Martinsville, Indiana, June 1982. Four “Rosie the Riveters” being honored, posed standing behind a table with sheet cakes made to celebrate their work by the women of the Kroger grocery store bakery. (Left to right) Hester Martin, two unidentified women, and Betty [Towsey?]. This program was funded by an Outreach Grant from the Indiana Committee for the Humanities.
    From the Helaine Victoria Press Records, Special Collections, Smith College, catalog information:
    File name: smith_ssc_209_99S-31_b014_033
    Record number: 8313
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