Exhibition Tour of "Rosie the Riveter: Womanpower in Wartime"

Join us for a tour of "Rosie the Riveter: Womanpower in Wartime." As the exhibition is located post-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1, this is an opportunity to see the exhibition without a flight ticket. Visitors will be required to fill out a security form and abide by TSA rules.

The Second World War had a profound impact on working women in American society. After the United States entered the war on December 7, 1941, millions of men left manufacturing jobs for military service and recruiters scoured the country in search of replacements. Women joined the workforce in record numbers and filled industrial positions previously denied to them. Migrating from diverse regions and cultures, women converged on the nation’s industrial centers and quickly learned skills that traditionally took years to master. Popular culture and propaganda launched the legend of “Rosie the Riveter,” the anonymous, bandanna-clad woman in coveralls who produced all manner of wartime equipment on the home front. An empowering icon of determination, Rosie the Riveter proved to a generation of Americans that women could excel in any job offered to them.

A very special thank you to the National Park Service, Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park, for making this exhibition possible, and to the Richmond Museum of History and Culture, and San Francisco State University, Labor Archives and Research Center.

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Info: Meet at the Aviation Museum and Library to receive badges to go through TSA security. We need to abide by TSA security, as any passenger would. You are welcome to leave anything at the Aviation Museum and Library.

Info: Go through TSA security

Info: SFO Museum's M-badge program allows visitors to explore the terminal at their leisure.

Info: Please feel free to have lunch in the terminal but please remember to RETURN your badge to the Aviation Museum and Library.

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