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On a Labor Day edition of "Washtenaw United," we’re taking a look at an institution that made it possible for all of Rosie the Riveters to work at the Willow Run Bomber Plant in World War II. Back then, it was called Perry Nursery School. Now, it is known as Foundations Preschool of Washtenaw County. It stills primarily serves single and working mothers and is about to celebrate its 90th anniversary. WEMU's David Fair with the school's executive director, Sandy Williams, about developing the workforce of the future.
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Eleven Rosie the Riveters, nine of them from Michigan, took part in an Honor Flight to Washington D.C. An honor usually reserved for World War II veterans was used to celebrate the women who worked in the factories to build the planes and tanks that helped win the war. WEMU’s Josh Hakala met one of the Rosies who made the trip.
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Several thousand women are gathering Saturday, October 14th in Ypsilanti to try and set a new Guinness Book of World Record for the most Rosie The…
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Preservation activists are hoping for more than a thousand Rosie the Riveters to come to the Willow Run Airport Saturday. Willow Run was once home to the…
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Many of Michigan's top female politicians visited with three original Rosie the Riveter's today at the Yankee Air Museum. They shared a message of hard…
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A group working to save part of Rosie the Riveter's old factory says it has signed a purchase agreement for the property. The Yankee Air Museum announced…
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It's official - the 778 people who gathered at the former Willow Run bomber plant set a new world record for the number of people gathered in one place…
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A group trying to save a portion of a Detroit-area assembly plant where Rosie the Riveter once worked is the proud owner of a new Guinness World Record.…
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The deadline for the Yankee Air Museum to raise the amount of money needed to save part of the Willow Run Bomber Plant from demolition is about a month…
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The annual Ypsilanti Heritage Festival kicks-off on Friday and the celebration will run through the weekend. It's a perfect time to take a look back at…