MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - An event at West Virginia University is recognizing the women who worked on the home front when the men went off to fight during World War II.
Four "Rosie the Riveters" will tell their stories Tuesday in Morgantown. The event is sponsored by a nonprofit organization behind a national movement to recognize the women who worked during the war and to continue that spirit.
One of the speakers will be Anna Hess. She built tires for military trucks as a teenager in Akron, Ohio. Hess says she and her fellow "Rosies" are living examples of how Americans can all pull together to get things done.
According to organizers, the number of women who worked on the home front was equal to the number of men in the military during WWII.