Real "Rosies" Star at Labor FilmFest Screening
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Three actual “Rosies”
were
the surprise stars of the recent screening of “The Life and Times of Rosie
the Riveter” at the DC
Labor FilmFest. 88-year-old Wilma Foster worked at Fairchild Aircraft in
Hagerstown MD during World War II, 87-year-old Lorraine Miller was at the USO
in Laurel Maryland, and 89 year-old Rena Van Buren inspected cartridge shells
in Cumberland MD. Ann Marie Miller (Lorraine’s
daughter, standing at left), President of the Laurel MD Chapter of
the American Rosie
the Riveter Association, brought the women to the October 13 screening,
where they participated in a lively Q&A after the film with FilmFest
Director Chris Garlock. The screening was sponsored by the UnionPlus Credit Card
and the Alliance
for American Manufacturing. photo by Paul Williams
