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1942
A N I N S P I R ATI O N F O R R O S I E TH E R I V E TE R WA S
R O S E W I L L M O N R O E, W H O W O R KE D A S A R I V E TE R
AT TH E W I L L O W R U N P L A NT D U R I N G W O R L D WA R I I
S E P TE M B E R – W I L L O W R U N B O M B E R P L A NT D E L I V E R S
F I R ST C O M P L E TE D B-24 L I B E R ATO R TO TH E U.S. A R MY
H O N O R FLI G HT
F O R R E A L-L I F E R O S I E S
Ford Motor Company Fund this month is honoring the women who left their homes to build the
Arsenal of Democracy during World War II. More than 15,000 women worked at Ford’s Willow Run
Bomber Plant during the war, part of the Rosie the Riveter cultural icon that embodied
not only service to country, but expanding opportunities for women in the workforce.
8,685
15,000
W I L L O W R U N B O M B E R P L A NT P R O D U C E D 8,685 B-24 L I B E R ATO R B O M B E R S
3.5 M I L L I O N
42,000 P E O P L E W O R KE D AT W I L L O W R U N
B O M B E R P L A NT, I N C L U D I N G 15,000 W O M E N
W I L L O W R U N B O M B E R P L A NT H A D 3.5 M I L L I O N S Q U A R E F E E T O F FA C TO RY
S PA C E, A N D A N A I R C R A F T A S S E M B LY L I N E M O R E TH A N O N E M I L E L O N G