John Yang has their story. Rosie the Riveter is known as a cultural icon that encouraged women to join the workforce during wartime. But the name is often associated with the 1942 “We Can Do It!” ...

Turning 100 years old is not the only milestone for Connie Palacioz, Wichita’s own “Rosie the Riveter.” Volunteering at the B ...

During wartime, women entered the workforce, with many recruited to assemble airplanes for the war. Palacioz was one of them. She joined Boeing at 17 years old and became a riveter working on the B-29 ...

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 ...