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.

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 ...

Thursday, the Dutch Embassy honored her as one of the “Rosies.” Rosie the Riveter was a cultural icon representing women who ...

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

RICHMOND — Even as the historic contributions of women and others during World War II are under threat of being erased by the ...

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 and that I ...

Before the war, she’d planned to become a veterinarian. FROM THE ARCHIVES: Local Rosie the Riveter honored 80 years after service Making history and breaking barriers also wasn’t front of mind ...

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 ...