Fairport’s own “Rosie the Riveter” was recently honored at the at a Congressional Medal Commemoration Ceremony at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Mary Masciangelo made the ...

The first time Lorraine Koons ever voted in a presidential election was in 1944, when she voted for Franklin Roosevelt's fourth term.

The Victory Belles perform the national anthem during the Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Commemoration at the World War II Museum in New Orleans, La. "I think people break boundaries ...

A woman who helped build bombers in World War II is coming to the Valley next weekend. 99-year-old Mae Krier, one of the ...

For a very long time, a 101-year-old woman didn't really talk about the amazing history she lived. A bunch of new friends ...

Marjorie Curtiss thought she’d be spending her 100th birthday solely with her family at Oliver Woods Assisted Living and ...

Two years ago, members of the Emma Scott Garden Club came up with a plan to have a life-sized Rosie the Riveter statue ...

A true “Rosie the Riveter,” Ball joined the workforce at Boeing in Wichita after graduating high school in 1943, contributing to the nation’s efforts during World War II. To mark her ...

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 ...