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.

During wartime, women entered the workforce, with many recruited to assemble airplanes for the war. Palacioz was one of them.

The National World War Two Museum and the Gary Sinise Foundation celebrate the trailblazing women who worked in the American ...

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

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 worked during World War II to support the war. Their efforts helped ...