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'Rosie the Riveters' honored in New Orleans during Women's History Month
By Rey Llerena
'Rosie the Riveters' honored in New Orleans during Women's History Month
IT鈥橲 524, AND AS WE CELEBRATE WOMEN鈥橲 HISTORY MONTH, AN UPSTATE ROSIE THE RIVETER WILL BE AMONG THOSE BEING HONORED THIS WEEKEND BY THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION IN NEW ORLEANS. BEFORE SHE GOES ON THE TRIP, SHE鈥橲 SHARING HOW SHE HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THE WAR EFFORT. WHILE HER FAMILY MEMBERS WERE FIGHTING OVERSEAS. REY LLERENA REPORTS. YOU WERE DOING SOMETHING THAT WAS MEANINGFUL, AND THAT鈥橲 THE WAY I FELT. 96 YEAR OLD ROSALIND JEAN AYKROYD WORKED AS AN AIRCRAFT RIVETER IN SAN DIEGO DURING WORLD WAR TWO. I WOULD CLIMB UP, LIKE I SAY, IN THE LADDER AND USE MY THAT IRON, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THEY WOULD PUSH THE RIVET AND I WOULD, I WOULD PUSH, YOU KNOW, SCORES AT THEM. SHE WAS WORKING WHILE HER BROTHER WAS FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC, AND HER HUSBAND WAS TAKING PART IN D-DAY. HE HAD THIS LITTLE BOAT THAT TOOK THEM, YOU KNOW, WENT WITH THEM UP ON THE BEACH. AND HE SAYS, I鈥橪L NEVER FORGET HOW BLOODY THAT WATER WAS WHEN THEY WENT UP. SHE SAYS THAT UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR WORK AT HOME. BUT WHILE DOING SO, SHE SAYS, IT CHANGED HOW PEOPLE VIEWED WOMEN. WE CAN DO ABOUT ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, A MAN COULD DO AT THE TIME. YOU KNOW. HER DAUGHTER, KAREN TURNER, WILL BE FLYING WITH HER TO THE WORLD WAR TWO MUSEUM IN NEW ORLEANS. I DON鈥橳 THINK THEY REALIZED WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND WHAT THEIR WORK MEANT TO WOMEN WORKING IN THE WORKPLACE, IN THE FACTORIES. TURNER SAYS THE TRIP AND NATIONAL HONOR IS A PROUD MOMENT FOR THEIR FAMILY. I JUST THINK THAT SHE鈥橲 AN AMAZING LADY AND I LOVE HER DEARLY. AND I APPRECIATE ALL SHE鈥橲 EVER DONE FOR ME AND FOR OUR COUNTRY. YEARS AGO. YEP, YEP. REPORTIN
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'Rosie the Riveters' honored in New Orleans during Women's History Month
By Rey Llerena
"Rosie the Riveters" are being honored by the Gary Sinise Foundation in New Orleans this weekend.One is a 96-year-old resident of Simpsonville, South Carolina. Rosyland Jean Ackroyd worked as an aircraft riveter in San Diego during World War II."You were doing something that was meaningful, and that's the way I felt," Ackroyd said. "I would climb up on the ladder and use that iron, and then, they'd be on the other side, and they'd push the rivet, and I would score it through."Ackroyd and her daughter, Karen Turner, traveled to New Orleans, where they had dinner with other "Rosies" who contributed to the war effort by working in factories while men fought overseas.The 96-year-old said that while she was working on repairing planes, her brother was fighting in the Pacific, and her husband was participating in D-Day." had this little boat," Ackroyd said. "It went with them up on the beach, and he says, 'I'll never forget how bloody that water was when they went in.'"She said her husband's story underscored the importance of their work at home. While performing that work, Ackroyd said it changed how people viewed women."We can do about anything that a man could do at the time," Ackroyd said.Turner said receiving the invite from the foundation to attend was a surprise."I don't think they realized what they were doing and what their work meant to women working in the workplace, in the factories," Turner said. "They did it out of necessity, and I don't think they considered themselves trailblazers."Turner said the trip and the national honor is a proud moment for their family."I just think that she's an amazing lady, and I love her dearly," Turner said. "I appreciate all she's ever done for me and for our country all those years ago."
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. —

"Rosie the Riveters" are being honored by the Gary Sinise Foundation in New Orleans this weekend.

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One is a 96-year-old resident of Simpsonville, South Carolina.

Rosyland Jean Ackroyd worked as an aircraft riveter in San Diego during World War II.

"You were doing something that was meaningful, and that's the way I felt," Ackroyd said. "I would climb up on the ladder and use that iron, and then, they'd be on the other side, and they'd push the rivet, and I would score it through."

Ackroyd and her daughter, Karen Turner, traveled to New Orleans, where they had dinner with other "Rosies" who contributed to the war effort by working in factories while men fought overseas.

The 96-year-old said that while she was working on repairing planes, her brother was fighting in the Pacific, and her husband was participating in D-Day.

"[My husband] had this little boat," Ackroyd said. "It went with them up on the beach, and he says, 'I'll never forget how bloody that water was when they went in.'"

She said her husband's story underscored the importance of their work at home. While performing that work, Ackroyd said it changed how people viewed women.

"We can do about anything that a man could do at the time," Ackroyd said.

Turner said receiving the invite from the foundation to attend was a surprise.

"I don't think they realized what they were doing and what their work meant to women working in the workplace, in the factories," Turner said. "They did it out of necessity, and I don't think they considered themselves trailblazers."

Turner said the trip and the national honor is a proud moment for their family.

"I just think that she's an amazing lady, and I love her dearly," Turner said. "I appreciate all she's ever done for me and for our country all those years ago."