Tomorrow is National Rosie the Riveter Day, and it just so happens to be Philadelphia-native Mae Krier’s birthday, who’s an original Rosie the Riveter. And it’s not just any old birthday, Mae is turning 100.
She’s asking for something bigger than a birthday gift. She wants to help honor millions of women who powered the U.S. through World War II. Mae was a former Boeing riveter who helped build B-17 and B-29 bombers at age 17.
So now supporters are raising private funds for a Washington, D.C., monument recognizing the “Rosies.” It was a project first imagined by a fifth grader inspired by Mae’s story.
