An unconventional animated documentary short based on the adventures of…
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
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Domestic. Shop girl. Waitress. Cook. Those were the jobs for women in the 1930's — when they could get work. Suddenly the U.S. entry into World War II created an unprecedented demand for new workers. Notions of what was proper work for women changed overnight. Thousands of posters and billboards appeared calling on women to “Do the Job He Left Behind.” Rosie the Riveter was born — the symbol of working women during World War II.
After whirlwind training, women found themselves doing “men's work” and they did it so well that production levels rose despite the military call-up of millions of male workers. They discovered a new sense of pride and dignity in their work. Their earnings leapt upwards. Many joined unions and found substantial new benefits from labor representation. And for the first time in history, black women gained entry into major industrial plants.
When the war was over, Rosie wanted to stay. But neither the structure of the American economy nor the dominant view of women's place in society sustained such hopes.
The story is told by the women themselves — five former “Rosies” who movingly recall their histories working in Detroit, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco during the war. Their testimony is interwoven with rare archival recruitment films, stills, posters, ads and music from the period which contrast their experiences with the popular legend and mythology of Rosie the Riveter.
“The best film on working women I have seen.”
—Molly Haskell, Ms. Magazine
“A classic movie. And an essential film in the annals of feminist history.”
—Karen Cooper, Film Forum
“One of the Ten Best films of the Year.”
—Film Comment, Village Voice
“Best Independent Feature of the Year.”
—American Film Magazine
“The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter is a marvelous film about war work — the sanest, most forceful feminist documentary in recent years.”
—David Denby, New York Magazine
“A superb film on the experience of female workers in America during World War II. The film brilliantly exposes the hypocrisy that underlay American chauvinism during the war...a remarkable demonstration of the manipulative power of propaganda.”
—Bruce McCabe, The Boston Sunday Globe
“An excellent and extremely entertaining look at the spark that ignited the women's liberation movement.”
—GreenCine Review
“An unusually tough-minded and intelligent documentary.”
—J. Hoberman, Village Voice
“Warm, engaging and poignant. The film has that Studs Terkel-like ability to discover the extraordinary in seemingly ordinary people. Terrific.”
—The Los Angeles Times
“The vivid personal accounts and powerful contemporary footage in this film provide a compelling account of women's labor during World War II, one that inspires classroom discussion about work, gender, race, patriotism, and the historical legacy of Rosie the Riveter. I have used this film in my classes for over 20 years and it is a classic documentary, as fresh today as when it was made.”
—Professor Estelle B. Freedman, Stanford University, author of No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women
“A valuable chapter in the history of working women. By mixing interviews, old photographs and some extraordinary newsreel footage, Connie Field has assembled and engrossing study of how women were brought into these jobs — and how they were dismissed at the war's end...The women who are interviewed offer enlightening memories.”
—Janel Maslin, The New York Times
“As an ex-punch press operator during World War II, I say 'hooray' for The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, a movie that really shows the way we were. In only 65 minutes, Connie Field has miraculously compressed and examined the wartime experience of women workers with all its excitement, accomplishments, irritations, humor, sadness and bigotry overcome in a common purpose.”
—Judy Stone, The San Francisco Chronicle
“The most satisfying film of the week, offering a real experience for the money. The resilience, spirit and humour of Connie Field's indomitable heroines sends you out elated and loving them.”
—The London Times
“It is the rediscovery of a lost chapter of feminine heroics; sets the record straight. It does so without self-pity. It is beautifully done.”
—The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Main credits
Field, Connie (film director)
Field, Connie (film producer)
Field, Connie (editor of moving image work)
Phenix, Lucy Massie (editor of moving image work)
Other credits
Editors, Lucy Massie Phenix, Connie Field.
Distributor subjects
20th Century; American Studies; Gender Issues and Studies; History; Social Issues; U.S. History; United States; Women's History; Women's Studies; World War II (US)Keywords
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[Rosie the Riveter]
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[upbeat scatting]
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- ♪ WHILE OTHER GIRLS ATTEND
THEIR FAVORITE COCKTAIL BAR ♪
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♪ SIPPING DRY MARTINIS,
MUNCHING CAVIAR ♪
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♪ THERE\'S A GIRL WHO\'S REALLY
PUTTING THEM TO SHAME ♪
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♪ ROSIE IS HER NAME
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♪ ALL THE DAY LONG
WHETHER RAIN OR SHINE ♪
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♪ SHE\'S A PART
OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE ♪
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♪ SHE\'S MAKING HISTORY
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♪ WORKING FOR VICTORY
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♪ ROSIE,
RRRRR, THE RIVETER ♪
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♪ KEEPS A SHARP LOOK OUT
FOR SABOTAGE ♪
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♪ SITTING UP THERE
ON THE FUSELAGE ♪
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♪ THAT LITTLE FRAIL CAN DO
MORE THAN A MALE CAN DO ♪
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♪ ROSIE, RRRRR,
THE RIVETER ♪
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♪ ROSIE\'S GOT A BOYFRIEND,
CHARLIE ♪
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♪ CHARLIE, HE\'S A MARINE
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♪ ROSIE IS PROTECTING CHARLIE
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♪ WORKING OVERTIME
ON THE RIVETING MACHINE ♪
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♪ WHEN THEY GAVE HER
A PRODUCTION E ♪
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♪ SHE WAS AS PROUD
AS A GIRL COULD BE ♪
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♪ THERE\'S SOMETHING TRUE ABOUT
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♪ RED, WHITE, AND BLUE ABOUT
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♪ ROSIE, ROSIE, ROSIE
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♪ ROSIE, ROSIE,
ROSIE ♪
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♪ THE RIVETER
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- THE VERY FIRST JOB
I EVER HAD WAS
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IN A NOVELTY FACTORY.
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THEY MADE PARTY GOODS--
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PARTY HATS, NOISEMAKERS,
THESE THINGS THAT KIDS BLOW
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THAT HAS A FEATHER AT THE END,
ROLLS UP--
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I FORGOT WHAT THEY CALL THEM.
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I WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
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TIMES WERE VERY BAD,
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AND I WAS VERY STRUCK
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BY THE BRIGHT COLORS
AND TINSELLY THINGS
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THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH
AND THE SADNESS
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ON THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE
WHO WERE DOING IT.
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IT WAS SO BORING.
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IT WAS SO JUST, YOU KNOW,
ONE SORT OF--ONE MOVEMENT
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ALL THE TIME.
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PASTE, STAPLE,
PUT IT DOWN,
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STAPLE, DO IT,
STAPLES,
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DO IT, STAPLE.
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144, AND YOU\'VE MADE A DIME.
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- WE LIVED IN--
OH, MY GOODNESS,
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I GUESS YOU WOULD CALL IT SLUMS.
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WE COULDN\'T AFFORD ELECTRICITY
BECAUSE OF THE DEPRESSION.
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WE USED OIL LAMPS,
KEROSENE OIL LAMPS,
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AND OUR VARIETY OF DIET
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CONSISTED OF A DIFFERENT BEAN
EVERY DAY.
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ONE DAY, YOU WOULD HAVE
WHITE BEANS.
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THE NEXT DAY, PINTO BEANS.
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THE NEXT DAY,
BLACK-EYED PEAS.
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I DID WORK--WHAT WE CALL
A PRIVATE FAMILY,
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LIKE, FOR A DOLLAR A DAY.
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WE WERE CALLED
KITCHEN MECHANICS,
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AND WE GOT THURSDAY OFF
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AND EVERY OTHER SUNDAY MAYBE
IF WE WERE VERY GOOD.
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- WHEN I MET MY HUSBAND,
WHEN I WAS DATING HIM,
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I WAS ONLY 14 WHEN I MET HIM.
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AND I THOUGHT IT WAS DATING,
BUT I GUESS IT REALLY WASN\'T.
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BUT I WAS RIDING AROUND
IN HIS CAR,
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AND IT WAS--
IT SEEMED LIKE DATING TO ME.
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AND HE HAD A JOB
AT OLDSMOBILE,
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AND I THOUGHT HE WAS RICH
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BLACK MEN
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IN OLDSMOBILE.
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HE SAID IF I WOULD MARRY HIM,
YOU KNOW, I COULD DRIVE A CAR.
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WE NEVER HAD A CAR,
AND THIS WAS REALLY SOMETHING.
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I WOULD HAVE MARRIED HIM
ON THAT ALONE.
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MY MOTHER\'S FRIENDS,
THEY WERE ALL DOING HOUSEWORK
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OR WORKING IN RESTAURANTS.
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AND, WELL, THAT WAS JUST
ABOUT ALL THAT WAS OPEN TO THEM.
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NOW MY MOTHER WAS FORTUNATE.
SHE GOT A JOB IN A HOTEL.
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IT WAS THE OLD OLDS HOTEL
AT THAT TIME.
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IT\'S JACK TAR NOW I THINK.
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BUT THERE TOO
SHE WAS JUST MAKING THE BEDS--
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SHE WAS A CHAMBERMAID.
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THAT\'S WHAT THEY CALLED IT
AT THAT TIME.
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AND I JUST DIDN\'T WANT
ANY OF THOSE JOBS.
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- WE RAISED CORN AND CANE.
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AND WE\'D TOP THE CANE
AND STRIP IT
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AND RUN IT
THROUGH A MOLASSES MILL.
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WE MADE MOLASSES.
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AND WE RAISED--EVERYTHING WE ATE
CAME OFF OF THAT FARM.
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BUT MY HUSBAND DIED,
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW,
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THE FARM BELONGED TO HER,
AND SHE SOLD IT.
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AND I HITCHED UP MY TEAM
AND MY WAGON,
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MADE A COVERED WAGON, AND DROVE
FROM 90 MILES NORTHEAST
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OF ST. LOUIS TO SPRINGFIELD.
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MY MOTHER LIVED IN SPRINGFIELD.
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I THOUGHT, OH, LORD,
WHAT\'LL I DO NOW?
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SAW THAT WOMAN SPADING
THAT BIG GARDEN,
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AND I WENT OVER THERE,
AND I SAID,
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\"I HAVE A TEAM AND A PLOW.
I\'LL PLOW IT FOR YOU.\"
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TIME I GOT HERS PLOWED,
HERE COME A MAN
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UP TO ME, AND HE SAID,
\"LOOKS LIKE YOU\'RE DOING
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A PRETTY GOOD JOB THERE,\"
AND I SAID, \"WELL,\"
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AND HE SAID, \"I HAVE SIX ACRES
OF NEW GROUND OUT HERE
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I\'D LIKE TO HAVE PLOWED.\"
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AND WANTED TO KNOW
IF I COULD DO IT, YOU KNOW,
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AND I SAID, \"SURE CAN.
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I\'LL BE OUT THERE DAYLIGHT
IN THE MORNING.\"
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SO I GOT OUT THERE DAYLIGHT
IN THE MORNING
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BEFORE HE DID,
AND I HAD PLOWED ONE FURROW.
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AND HE WAS WAITING UP THERE
AT THE END
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TILL I GOT THERE, AND HE SAID,
\"LOOKS LIKE YOU\'RE DOING
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A PRETTY GOOD JOB THERE.\"
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AND I SAID,
\"THANK YOU.\"
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HE LOOKED AT ME, AND HE SAID,
\"ARE YOU A WOMAN?\"
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AND I SAID,
\"YES, I AM. WHY?\"
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AND HE SAID, \"WELL, IF I\'D KNOWN
YOU WAS A WOMAN,
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\"I WOULDN\'T HAVE HIRED YOU.
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I THOUGHT YOU WAS
A BIG COUNTRY BOY.\"
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HE SAID,
\"THIS IS HARD PLOWING.
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THIS IS NEW GROUND.\"
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I SAYS, \"I KNOW IT.
AND YOU JUST SAID
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I WAS DOING A GOOD JOB OF IT.\"
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AND HE SAID, \"WELL, IF YOU THINK
YOU CAN DO IT, GO RIGHT AHEAD.\"
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AND I PLOWED THAT SIX ACRES
OF NEW GROUND.
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I GOT A GOOD PIECE OF MONEY
FOR THAT.
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[giggles]
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- I WAS WORKING IN A JOB
DOING HOUSEWORK,
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BUT IT WAS SORT OF A DIFFERENT
KIND OF HOUSEWORK.
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YOU WERE TREATED
MORE LIKE ONE OF THE FAMILY,
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AND I REALLY LIKED IT THERE.
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AND THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN.
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BUT ONE DAY SHE CALLED ME
AND TOLD ME
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TO COME LISTEN TO THE RADIO.
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- WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM
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TO BRING YOU
A SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN.
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THE JAPANESE HAVE ATTACKED
PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, BY AIR,
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
HAS JUST ANNOUNCED.
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- DECEMBER 7, 1941,
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A DATE
WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY.
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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WAS SUDDENLY AND DELIBERATELY
ATTACKED
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BY NAVAL AND AIR FORCES
OF THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN.
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WITH CONFIDENCE
IN OUR ARMED FORCES,
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WITH THE UNBOUNDING
DETERMINATION
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OF OUR PEOPLE,
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WE WILL GAIN
THE INEVITABLE TRIUMPH,
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SO HELP US GOD.
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[dramatic overture]
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♪
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- THE BATTLEFIELDS OF AMERICA
ARE THE PRODUCTION LINES...
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THE SWEAT AND MUSCLE
AND BRAINS OF MEN
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POUNDING OUT THE TOOLS
OF VICTORY,
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SLUGGING OUT MORE
AND MORE AND MORE.
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A MIGHTY INDUSTRIAL PROGRAM
MOVING FASTER AND FASTER.
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LABOR SUPPLY TO MATCH IT,
LAGGING BEHIND.
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MEN DESIGNATING THEMSELVES
AN EMERGENCY COMMITTEE.
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REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENT.
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LEADING INDUSTRIALISTS.
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THEY WERE DETERMINED
NO WOMAN SHOULD CASH A CHECK,
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BOARD A BUS, SEE A MOVIE,
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OR WALK DOWN THE STREET
WITHOUT GETTING ACQUAINTED
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WITH THE IDEA
THAT SHE WAS NEEDED.
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A WOMEN\'S COMMITTEE
WALKED THE STREETS
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AND KNOCKED ON THE DOORS.
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THREE WOMEN ON YOUR BLOCK
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SAY THEY\'D GET A WAR JOB
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IF THEIR NEIGHBOR DID.
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HOW ABOUT YOU?
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- SOMEBODY HAD WRITTEN ME
THE LETTER
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FROM OUT HERE IN CALIFORNIA
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AND SAID I COULD MAKE MORE
WORKING OUT HERE
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IN A DAY THAN I COULD
IN A WEEK BACK THERE.
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SO...
- SO WHAT\'D YOU DO?
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- [chuckles]
WELL, I TOLD THE WOMAN ABOUT IT
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THAT\'S SETTING
AT THE MACHINE NEXT TO ME,
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AND SHE SAID, \"IF YOU WANT TO GO
TO CALIFORNIA WITH ME,
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YOU CAN BE READY
AT 6:00 THIS EVENING.\"
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I REALLY GOT A MOVE ON.
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- WHEN FACTORY WORK OPENED UP,
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IT WAS LIKE A GODSEND
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BECAUSE THERE YOU WAS EARNING
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PRETTY GOOD MONEY.
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AND MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER--
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I REMEMBER IT FROM HEART
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ALMOST FROM THE FIRST DAY,
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366-24-9339,
I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO TERRIFIC
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THAT I HAD
A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD.
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AND I CARRIED IT AROUND
IN MY PURSE.
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THEY SENT ME RIGHT OUT AS SOON
AS I GOT MY SOCIAL SECURITY CARD
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TO A FACTORY.
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- WE WERE GONNA GET IN
ON THE GROUND FLOOR
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AND BE WELDERS FOREVER AND EVER.
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AND THE WORK ON GLIDERS TOO
WAS VERY MUCH WHAT I WANTED
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BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST AN ART
AS WELL AS A SKILL.
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IT WAS A VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL
KIND OF WORK.
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- IT TAKES HUMAN POWER TO KEEP
WAR FACTORIES GOING,
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AND MUCH OF OUR MANPOWER
IS GOING TO WAR.
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MORE AND MORE MEN ARE BEING
CALLED INTO THE ARMED FORCES.
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THEIR JOBS MUST BE FILLED
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AND FILLED NOW.
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AND WHO CAN FILL THEM?
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YOU.
YOU WOMEN.
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YOU\'RE THE ONES
WHO MUST FILL THEM,
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WHO CAN GIVE OUR BOYS
WHAT THEY NEED.
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IF YOU NEED TRAINING,
YOU CAN GET IT, AND IT\'S FREE.
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WE MUST WIN THIS WAR.
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BUT WE CAN\'T WIN THIS WAR
UNLESS YOU WOMEN
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TAKE OVER THE JOBS
THAT MEN ARE LEAVING.
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AND YOU\'RE NEEDED RIGHT NOW.
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- THEY SAID, \"COME ON, WE CAN GO
AND GET IN THE SHIPYARDS.\"
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AND SO WHEN I TRIED TO GET
INTO THE SHIPYARDS,
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THEY TOLD ME I HAD
TO GO TO SCHOOL.
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AND THEN I FOUND OUT
ABOUT SAMUEL GOMPERS,
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AND I WENT TO SAMUEL GOMPERS
AND TOOK TRAINING
00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:00.654
FOR A SHIPFITTER.
00:10:00.654 --> 00:10:02.865
- MEN HAD BEEN TELLING US
ALL ALONG THE LINE THAT,
00:10:02.865 --> 00:10:06.076
OH, IT TAKES SIX YEARS
TO BECOME A WELDER.
00:10:06.076 --> 00:10:08.287
YOU\'VE GOT TO BE AN APPRENTICE.
YOU\'VE GOT TO BE THIS.
00:10:08.287 --> 00:10:10.331
THEY HAD BEEN SOLD A BILL
OF GOODS IN THEIR LIVES.
00:10:10.331 --> 00:10:11.832
YOU SEE,
IT WASN\'T TRUE AT ALL.
00:10:11.832 --> 00:10:16.086
IT JUST WORKED OUT
FOR BOSSES TO DO THAT.
00:10:16.086 --> 00:10:18.589
ACTUALLY, IT COULD BE LEARNED
AND LEARNED WELL
00:10:18.589 --> 00:10:21.342
IF IT WAS TAUGHT WELL
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
00:10:21.342 --> 00:10:23.510
- HE TOLD ME I\'D PASSED 98%.
00:10:23.510 --> 00:10:25.012
HE SAID,
\"YOU\'VE GOT GOOD GRADES.
00:10:25.012 --> 00:10:26.513
YOU PASSED 98%.\"
00:10:26.513 --> 00:10:28.432
YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT
A PERSON\'S REALLY INTERESTED IN,
00:10:28.432 --> 00:10:30.017
WELL, THEY MAKE BETTER GRADES
AT IT
00:10:30.017 --> 00:10:32.353
THAN SOMETHING
THEY DON\'T LIKE TO DO.
00:10:32.353 --> 00:10:35.773
- IN THE SPRAWLING AIRCRAFT
FACTORIES ON THE WEST COAST,
00:10:35.773 --> 00:10:37.983
TEAMS OF WOMEN FLUSH THE RIVETS
00:10:37.983 --> 00:10:44.198
THAT HOLD TOGETHER THE ALUMINUM
SKIN ON THE WING OF A B-24.
00:10:44.198 --> 00:10:47.368
THIS IS LIKE PUNCHING HOLES
IN A TIN OF SCOURING POWDER.
00:10:47.368 --> 00:10:49.662
INSTEAD OF CUTTING OUT DRESSES,
00:10:49.662 --> 00:10:55.834
THIS WOMAN STAMPS OUT
THE PATTERNS OF AIRPLANE PARTS.
00:10:55.834 --> 00:10:58.295
THEY ARE TAKING TO WELDING
AS THOUGH THE WELDING ROD
00:10:58.295 --> 00:11:02.925
WERE A NEEDLE AND THE METAL
A LENGTH OF CLOTH TO BE SEWN.
00:11:02.925 --> 00:11:05.928
[pleasant music]
00:11:05.928 --> 00:11:07.221
♪
00:11:07.221 --> 00:11:08.889
AFTER A SHORT APPRENTICESHIP,
00:11:08.889 --> 00:11:11.183
A WOMAN CAN OPERATE
THIS PRESS
00:11:11.183 --> 00:11:14.645
AS EASILY AS A JUICE EXTRACTOR
IN HER OWN KITCHEN.
00:11:14.645 --> 00:11:17.856
AND A LATHE WILL HOLD
NO MORE TERRORS FOR HER
00:11:17.856 --> 00:11:20.651
THAN AN ELECTRIC
WASHING MACHINE.
00:11:32.705 --> 00:11:35.666
- AND IT WASN\'T ANY TIME
BEFORE WE GOT THE KNACK OF IT,
00:11:35.666 --> 00:11:38.919
BECAUSE, FOR ONE THING,
WOMEN\'S HANDS WEREN\'T AS BIG
00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:40.337
AND CLUMSY AS MEN.
00:11:40.337 --> 00:11:42.631
WE HAD TO GRIND OUR OWN TOOLS.
00:11:42.631 --> 00:11:46.969
SO THEREFORE IT WAS EASIER
FOR US TO KNOW
00:11:46.969 --> 00:11:50.097
WHEN TO STOP GRINDING,
HOW TO TAKE THE MACHINE--
00:11:50.097 --> 00:11:53.267
WE HAD, I DON\'T KNOW,
MORE OF A SUBTLE TOUCH.
00:11:53.267 --> 00:11:55.686
REALLY, WE DID BETTER
THAN THE MEN.
00:11:55.686 --> 00:11:57.813
- THEY DIDN\'T DO ANYTHING
TO MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU
00:11:57.813 --> 00:12:00.899
UNLESS MAYBE YOU\'D RUN
INTO ONE THAT WAS STUCK ON YOU
00:12:00.899 --> 00:12:02.484
AND WANTED TO DATE YOU
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
00:12:02.484 --> 00:12:04.820
AND THEN HE\'D GO OUT OF HIS WAY
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
00:12:04.820 --> 00:12:06.280
IF IT DIDN\'T WORK OUT,
00:12:06.280 --> 00:12:09.283
WELL, YOU DIDN\'T GET NO HELP
FROM HIM EITHER.
00:12:09.283 --> 00:12:12.578
- THE MEN, YOU KNOW, HAD THE--
SOMETIMES THEY TREATED US
00:12:12.578 --> 00:12:16.957
PRETTY BADLY BECAUSE, TO A MAN,
WHEN A WOMAN WALKED IN,
00:12:16.957 --> 00:12:19.084
IT MEANT THAT A MAN WENT TO WAR.
00:12:19.084 --> 00:12:21.962
AND EVEN THOUGH THE POPULATION
00:12:21.962 --> 00:12:24.965
WAS VERY MUCH
IN FAVOR OF THE WAR,
00:12:24.965 --> 00:12:28.844
ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS,
WHO THE HELL WANTS TO GO TO WAR?
00:12:38.312 --> 00:12:42.816
[bell clanging]
00:12:42.816 --> 00:12:45.235
[train whistle blows]
00:12:45.235 --> 00:12:48.947
[bell clanging]
00:12:53.118 --> 00:12:54.828
[train whistle blows]
00:12:56.455 --> 00:12:58.624
- AS OUR ARMED FORCES GREW,
00:12:58.624 --> 00:13:00.250
SO DID THEIR DEMANDS
FOR EQUIPMENT,
00:13:00.250 --> 00:13:01.835
SUPPLIES, FOOD,
00:13:01.835 --> 00:13:03.921
MATERIAL OF ALL KINDS.
00:13:03.921 --> 00:13:06.173
THE NEED FOR WOMEN
GREW DESPERATE,
00:13:06.173 --> 00:13:09.468
AND THOUSANDS OF WOMEN
ANSWERED THE CALL.
00:13:09.468 --> 00:13:11.512
THE HIDDEN ARMY
DREW FRESH RECRUITS.
00:13:11.512 --> 00:13:15.516
ITS RANKS GREW
TO NEARLY 18 MILLION.
00:13:15.516 --> 00:13:17.643
MANY OF THESE WOMEN
CAME FROM WALKS OF LIFE
00:13:17.643 --> 00:13:20.145
NOT PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED--
THE MOTHERS,
00:13:20.145 --> 00:13:24.233
THE YOUNG, THE AGED.
00:13:24.233 --> 00:13:26.860
WHEN THEY WERE ASKED
WHY THEY HAD JOINED THE RANKS
00:13:26.860 --> 00:13:30.656
OF THE HIDDEN ARMY, THESE WOMEN
GAVE A VARIETY OF REASONS.
00:13:30.656 --> 00:13:32.699
- MY HUSBAND\'S A PRISONER
OF THE JAPS
00:13:32.699 --> 00:13:34.284
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
00:13:34.284 --> 00:13:35.869
IF HE\'D HAD A FEW MORE
OF THESE SHELLS
00:13:35.869 --> 00:13:38.372
OUT IN BATAAN,
MAYBE HE\'D STILL BE FIGHTING.
00:13:38.372 --> 00:13:40.040
- I\'M AN OLD MAID,
00:13:40.040 --> 00:13:43.627
AND I DIDN\'T HAVE ANYONE
UNTIL I TOOK THIS DEFENSE JOB.
00:13:43.627 --> 00:13:48.465
NOW I HAVE A FAMILY
OF 10 MILLION TO LOOK AFTER.
00:13:48.465 --> 00:13:51.009
- WHY DID I TAKE A DEFENSE JOB?
00:13:51.009 --> 00:13:52.636
THAT\'S A FUNNY QUESTION.
00:13:52.636 --> 00:13:54.012
I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE.
00:13:54.012 --> 00:13:56.807
DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REASON?
00:13:56.807 --> 00:13:58.892
WE\'RE IN A JAM, AREN\'T WE?
00:13:58.892 --> 00:14:01.228
I\'M SORRY,
BUT YOU\'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME.
00:14:01.228 --> 00:14:05.899
I\'M TOO BUSY TO ANSWER
DAMN FOOL QUESTIONS LIKE THAT.
00:14:05.899 --> 00:14:07.484
- SOMEHOW THAT ANSWER
PLEASED US.
00:14:07.484 --> 00:14:10.279
NO SUDDEN EMOTIONAL URGE
SENT THIS YOUNG WOMAN
00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:11.572
INTO WAR WORK,
00:14:11.572 --> 00:14:13.407
NO LOSS OF A LOVED ONE,
00:14:13.407 --> 00:14:15.617
NO TEMPORARY
ECONOMIC EMBARRASSMENT,
00:14:15.617 --> 00:14:18.162
NO MERE YEARNING
FOR EXCITEMENT
00:14:18.162 --> 00:14:20.497
OR NOVELTY.
00:14:20.497 --> 00:14:22.082
THERE ARE MILLIONS LIKE HER.
00:14:22.082 --> 00:14:24.543
THERE WILL HAVE TO BE.
00:14:24.543 --> 00:14:26.003
- I KNEW I WAS A RIVETER,
00:14:26.003 --> 00:14:28.589
\'CAUSE, WITH ALL THIS TRAINING--
AND I REALLY SAID
00:14:28.589 --> 00:14:30.090
THIS WAS REALLY GONNA
BE NICE--
00:14:30.090 --> 00:14:34.511
BUT, WHEN THEY SENT ME IN THERE,
THEY SENT ME TO THE FOUNDRY.
00:14:45.522 --> 00:14:46.565
3/4 OF THE WOMEN
00:14:46.565 --> 00:14:47.774
THAT THEY SENT IN THERE
WERE BLACK,
00:14:47.774 --> 00:14:49.943
SO THEY SENT
JUST ENOUGH WHITE WOMEN
00:14:49.943 --> 00:14:52.112
TO SAY THAT WE DO HAVE
WHITE WOMEN HERE.
00:14:52.112 --> 00:14:53.572
I EXPECTED TO SEE SOMETHING
00:14:53.572 --> 00:14:54.990
LIKE I SAW
IN THAT TRAINING CENTER.
00:14:54.990 --> 00:14:58.285
I EXPECTED TO SEE EVERYTHING ALL
SET UP TO GO TO START RIVETING.
00:14:58.285 --> 00:15:01.455
I SAID, \"WELL, THIS TRAINING
IS JUST WASTED THEN.\"
00:15:01.455 --> 00:15:04.666
BUT IT JUST DIDN\'T SEEM
TO BE ANYTHING
00:15:04.666 --> 00:15:07.211
AT THAT TIME
THAT WE COULD DO ABOUT IT.
00:15:07.211 --> 00:15:10.631
AND FOR ONCE I WAS EVEN AFRAID
TO SAY TOO MUCH
00:15:10.631 --> 00:15:12.966
TO A COMMITTEEMAN.
00:15:12.966 --> 00:15:14.218
I WAS LOOKING \'EM UP
00:15:14.218 --> 00:15:16.011
AND FINDING OUT
WHO WAS COMMITTEEMEN
00:15:16.011 --> 00:15:17.304
AND EVERYTHING,
BUT I SAID,
00:15:17.304 --> 00:15:18.472
\"WELL, I GUESS
I BETTER KIND OF--\"
00:15:18.472 --> 00:15:20.641
WELL, YOU TALK TO OTHER WOMEN
ABOUT IT,
00:15:20.641 --> 00:15:22.226
AND THEY SAID, \"WELL, WE BETTER
KEEP STILL FOR A WHILE.
00:15:22.226 --> 00:15:23.602
AT LEAST WE\'RE IN HERE.\"
00:15:23.602 --> 00:15:27.481
- WE WENT TO MOORE\'S SHIPYARD
TO BE SIGNED IN
00:15:27.481 --> 00:15:28.857
BECAUSE THEY\'D CALLED
AND SAID THEY NEEDED
00:15:28.857 --> 00:15:30.150
FOUR FITTERS.
00:15:30.150 --> 00:15:31.610
AND WHEN WE GOT THERE
00:15:31.610 --> 00:15:36.114
THE SUPERINTENDENT
TOOK THE THREE WHITE PERSONS
00:15:36.114 --> 00:15:38.575
THAT WAS WITH ME
AND LEFT ME SITTING OUTSIDE
00:15:38.575 --> 00:15:41.245
AND CAME BACK ABOUT 45 MINUTES
AND SAID,
00:15:41.245 --> 00:15:43.747
\"NO, WE DON\'T HAVE
ANY OPENINGS.\"
00:15:43.747 --> 00:15:46.375
I SAID, \"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
00:15:46.375 --> 00:15:49.002
\"I WAS TOLD AT THE SCHOOL
YOU HAD FIVE OPENINGS,
00:15:49.002 --> 00:15:50.837
\"AND I WAS SENT HERE
AS THE PERSON
00:15:50.837 --> 00:15:52.005
\"IN CHARGE
OF ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE.
00:15:52.005 --> 00:15:53.173
WHERE ARE THEY?\"
00:15:53.173 --> 00:15:55.008
\"OH,\" HE SAID.
\"WE FOUND PLACES FOR THEM.\"
00:15:55.008 --> 00:15:58.011
IT WAS CLEAR THEY DIDN\'T WANT
A BLACK WOMAN
00:15:58.011 --> 00:16:00.138
IN THE ELITE TRADE
OF SHIPFITTING.
00:16:00.138 --> 00:16:02.349
GOD, I WAS SO MAD,
I GOT UP AND I SAID,
00:16:02.349 --> 00:16:03.934
\"IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE OPEN?\"
00:16:03.934 --> 00:16:05.686
AND THEY SAID, YES,
THEY HAD WELDERS
00:16:05.686 --> 00:16:07.563
AND BURNER JOBS OPEN.
00:16:07.563 --> 00:16:09.481
AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS,
\"WELL, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK
00:16:09.481 --> 00:16:11.942
TO SCHOOL TO LEARN TO BURN.\"
AND I SAID, \"NO, I DON\'T.
00:16:11.942 --> 00:16:14.444
YOU JUST GIVE ME A TEST
AND SEE IF I CAN BURN.\"
00:16:14.444 --> 00:16:16.863
[machinery sizzling]
00:16:16.863 --> 00:16:19.324
I GOT TO THE INSTRUCTOR
WHO HAD ALL THIS EQUIPMENT,
00:16:19.324 --> 00:16:22.202
HE SAYS, \"WELL, HERE\'S
A NICE, THICK PIECE OF STEEL.
00:16:22.202 --> 00:16:24.204
BEVEL IT.\"
AND I SAID, \"OKAY.\"
00:16:24.204 --> 00:16:27.040
SO KNOWING THAT I WOULD TELL
THE BURNER TO MAKE SURE
00:16:27.040 --> 00:16:28.709
IT WAS GOOD AND HOT BEFORE
HE STARTED TO CUTTING HIS.
00:16:28.709 --> 00:16:30.544
I STARTED TO GETTING IT HOT.
00:16:30.544 --> 00:16:32.337
HE SAID, \"NEVER MIND.
NEVER MIND.
00:16:32.337 --> 00:16:33.505
I SEE YOU KNOW YOUR BUSINESS.\"
00:16:33.505 --> 00:16:35.882
AND THEN HE GAVE ME
A PIECE TO CUT OUT
00:16:35.882 --> 00:16:37.551
WITH A LOT OF DESIGNS ON IT,
00:16:37.551 --> 00:16:39.511
AND I GOT MYSELF DOWN
LIKE I\'D SEEN
00:16:39.511 --> 00:16:42.180
THE BURNERS DO ONCE THEY\'RE
GETTING READY TO START CUT.
00:16:42.180 --> 00:16:44.016
AND HE SAID,
\"NEVER MIND. YOU\'LL DO.
00:16:44.016 --> 00:16:48.270
I\'LL SEND YOU IN
AS A FIRST STAGE BURNER.\"
00:16:48.270 --> 00:16:50.731
AND I SAID, \"OKAY.\"
AND HE SAYS, \"YOU\'LL BE MAKING
00:16:50.731 --> 00:16:52.190
$1.05 AN HOUR.\"
00:16:52.190 --> 00:16:54.693
IF I HAD GONE IN
AS A SHIPFITTER\'S HELPER,
00:16:54.693 --> 00:16:57.529
I WOULD HAVE BEEN ONLY MAKING
.85, SO I WAS DELIGHTED.
00:16:57.529 --> 00:16:59.906
HERE I WAS MAKING MORE MONEY
IN FIVE MINUTES
00:16:59.906 --> 00:17:01.283
THAN ALL THE REST OF THEM
WERE MAKING
00:17:01.283 --> 00:17:03.285
WHEN THEY WENT IN AS HELPERS.
00:17:03.285 --> 00:17:05.746
SO THAT\'S HOW I GOT
INTO THE SHIPYARD.
00:17:05.746 --> 00:17:08.874
AND I BECAME THE ONLY WOMAN
00:17:08.874 --> 00:17:12.586
EVER TO MAKE SHELL BURNER
AT MOORE\'S SHIPYARD.
00:17:18.091 --> 00:17:21.928
- ♪ EVERYONE STOPS TO ADMIRE
THE SCENE ♪
00:17:21.928 --> 00:17:25.766
♪ ROSIE AT WORK ON THE B-19
00:17:25.766 --> 00:17:28.101
- ♪ SHE\'S NEVER TWITTERY
00:17:28.101 --> 00:17:29.936
♪ NERVOUS OR JITTERY
00:17:29.936 --> 00:17:33.732
- ♪ ROSIE, ROSIE,
THE RIVETER ♪
00:17:33.732 --> 00:17:36.943
♪ WHAT IF SHE\'S SMEARED
FULL OF OIL AND GREASE? ♪
00:17:36.943 --> 00:17:40.864
♪ DOING HER BIT
FOR THE OLD LEND-LEASE ♪
00:17:40.864 --> 00:17:43.283
♪ SHE KEEPS THE GANG AROUND
00:17:43.283 --> 00:17:44.910
♪ THEY LOVE TO HANG AROUND
00:17:44.910 --> 00:17:49.206
♪ ROSIE, ROSIE,
THE RIVETER ♪
00:17:49.206 --> 00:17:52.584
- ♪ ROSIE BUYS A LOT
OF WAR BONDS ♪
00:17:52.584 --> 00:17:55.545
♪ THAT GIRL REALLY HAS SENSE
00:17:55.545 --> 00:17:58.590
- ♪ AND WISHES
SHE COULD PURCHASE ♪
00:17:58.590 --> 00:18:00.092
♪ MORE BONDS
00:18:00.092 --> 00:18:04.721
♪ PUTTING ALL HER CASH
IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ♪
00:18:04.721 --> 00:18:06.598
- I HAD WORKED
ON THE DOUBLE BOTTOMS
00:18:06.598 --> 00:18:08.016
CLEAR UP TO THE CROW\'S NEST.
00:18:08.016 --> 00:18:09.976
THERE\'S ONLY ABOUT THREE FEET
YOU HAVE TO SET DOWN
00:18:09.976 --> 00:18:11.561
IN THERE TO WORK
IN THE DOUBLE BOTTOMS,
00:18:11.561 --> 00:18:13.772
AND YOU CAN\'T WORK IN THERE
VERY LONG
00:18:13.772 --> 00:18:16.650
BECAUSE IT GETS PRETTY WELL
FILLED UP WITH SMOKE,
00:18:16.650 --> 00:18:18.318
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GET OUT.
00:18:18.318 --> 00:18:19.986
WELDED ON THE DECK
00:18:19.986 --> 00:18:21.655
THE BIG SLABS OF IRON
00:18:21.655 --> 00:18:23.115
THAT LAY ON THE DECK.
00:18:23.115 --> 00:18:24.783
WELDED THOSE TOGETHER.
00:18:24.783 --> 00:18:26.785
WELDING ON THE DECK
IS REALLY FUN.
00:18:26.785 --> 00:18:29.329
[machinery rattling]
00:18:29.329 --> 00:18:31.081
I ENJOYED EVERY BIT OF IT.
00:18:39.005 --> 00:18:41.842
- OH, IT WAS GOOD
TO WORK WITH PEOPLE.
00:18:41.842 --> 00:18:43.885
IT\'S SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT CAMARADERIE
00:18:43.885 --> 00:18:46.430
THAT YOU REALLY NEED
ON A JOB.
00:18:46.430 --> 00:18:48.682
IF THE JOB IS HARD
AND EVERYBODY\'S WORKING HARD,
00:18:48.682 --> 00:18:50.058
YOU DON\'T MIND.
00:18:50.058 --> 00:18:53.729
IT\'S JUST THAT SHARING
AND ALL DOING IT TOGETHER.
00:19:03.363 --> 00:19:05.782
- LUNCH HOUR WOULD FIND US
SPREAD OUT ON THE SIDEWALK,
00:19:05.782 --> 00:19:08.201
WOMEN WELDERS
WITH OUR LITTLE OUTFITS,
00:19:08.201 --> 00:19:10.996
AND USUALLY A QUART OF MILK
IN ONE HAND
00:19:10.996 --> 00:19:13.165
AND A SALAMI SANDWICH
IN THE OTHER.
00:19:13.165 --> 00:19:15.709
WORKERS FROM OTHER SHOPS
ON THE STREETS
00:19:15.709 --> 00:19:18.628
WOULD LOOK AT US, AND WE
WOULD SAY WE WERE WELDERS,
00:19:18.628 --> 00:19:20.547
AND WE WERE INTERLOPERS.
00:19:20.547 --> 00:19:23.341
AND WE HAD A HAPPY ATTITUDE
TOWARD OUR WORK
00:19:23.341 --> 00:19:26.928
THAT THEY, OF COURSE,
REALLY DID NOT HAVE,
00:19:26.928 --> 00:19:29.890
BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE
AND AT THE END OF THEIR STORIES,
00:19:29.890 --> 00:19:31.516
AND WE THOUGHT WE WERE
AT THE BEGINNING.
00:19:31.516 --> 00:19:35.687
- HERE IS THE OFFICE OF THE
SUPERVISOR OF WOMEN EMPLOYEES.
00:19:35.687 --> 00:19:37.397
BUT ARE THEY DOING ALL RIGHT?
00:19:37.397 --> 00:19:40.317
- BEYOND ANYTHING
ANYONE EVER DREAMED OF.
00:19:40.317 --> 00:19:42.027
THEY\'RE DOING SOMETHING
IN ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT
00:19:42.027 --> 00:19:43.236
IN THE PLANT.
00:19:43.236 --> 00:19:45.572
AND I DON\'T MEAN JUST CLERKS
AND CHECKERS.
00:19:45.572 --> 00:19:50.535
WE HAVE WOMEN ENGINEERS
AND OILERS IN THE BOILER ROOM,
00:19:50.535 --> 00:19:54.039
WOMEN REPAIR EXPERTS.
00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:56.875
WOMEN WORK
AT THE OIL MINES ABOVEGROUND,
00:19:56.875 --> 00:19:59.586
ALONG THE UNLOADING DOCKS,
00:19:59.586 --> 00:20:03.381
AND ON PRIVATE RAILROAD
TRACKS...
00:20:03.381 --> 00:20:07.761
AND WOMEN SHIPBUILDERS.
00:20:07.761 --> 00:20:11.223
THESE WOMEN ARE WORKING
AROUND THE CLOCK
00:20:11.223 --> 00:20:13.225
AROUND THE CALENDAR.
00:20:13.225 --> 00:20:16.686
THEY DO A MAN\'S JOB,
AND THEY CAN DRAW A MAN\'S PAY.
00:20:16.686 --> 00:20:19.105
AND THEY\'RE DOING IT SAFELY.
00:20:19.105 --> 00:20:24.069
THEY\'RE SAFER HERE
THAN IN THEIR OWN HOMES.
00:20:24.069 --> 00:20:26.947
- WELL, I WAS WELDING,
AND THE PEOPLE UP ABOVE ME,
00:20:26.947 --> 00:20:29.658
THEY WERE KNOCKING
SOME PIECES OF IRON DOWN,
00:20:29.658 --> 00:20:31.993
AND I HOLLERED AND SAID,
\"CUT THAT OUT.\"
00:20:31.993 --> 00:20:33.787
FIRST THING I KNEW, A BIG PIECE
CAME DOWN AND HIT ME
00:20:33.787 --> 00:20:38.208
ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD,
AND DOWN I WENT.
00:20:38.208 --> 00:20:40.293
I WAS JUST HANGING
OVER THE BIG IRON PIPES
00:20:40.293 --> 00:20:43.046
WHEN SOMEBODY COME IN THERE
AND GOT ME OFF
00:20:43.046 --> 00:20:44.589
OF THE BIG IRON PIPES.
00:20:44.589 --> 00:20:47.259
I WAS TAKEN OUT
IN THE BASKET.
00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:48.885
AND I BARELY REMEMBERED--
00:20:48.885 --> 00:20:50.720
I THOUGHT--
I KNEW I WAS IN THE BASKET.
00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:52.764
THEY HAVE WHAT--
THEY CALL IT THE BASKET--
00:20:52.764 --> 00:20:54.599
AND WAS TAKEN OUT
WITHOUT A CRANE.
00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:56.476
YOU\'RE WAY UP IN THE AIR,
ALL RIGHT.
00:20:56.476 --> 00:20:58.770
THERE WAS ONE MAN
THAT GOT KILLED
00:20:58.770 --> 00:21:03.066
RIGHT ABOUT 12 FEET OF ME
WHEN I WAS WELDING ON THE DECK.
00:21:03.066 --> 00:21:06.319
A BIG IRON--
WHAT DID THEY CALL THOSE?
00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:08.238
STANDARDS OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
00:21:08.238 --> 00:21:10.907
ANYWAY, A BIG COLUMN OF IRON
FELL OVER
00:21:10.907 --> 00:21:15.620
AND JUST MASHED HIM FLAT
INSTANTLY.
00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:18.248
- THIS WAS A JOB--
IT WAS AN AMMUNITION PLACE
00:21:18.248 --> 00:21:20.375
WHERE YOU HAD TO SIFT GUNPOWDER
AND STUFF.
00:21:20.375 --> 00:21:23.837
YOU HAD TO HAVE SHOES.
THEY GAVE YOU A LARGE INSURANCE.
00:21:23.837 --> 00:21:25.338
YOU GOT A GREAT, BIG INSURANCE,
00:21:25.338 --> 00:21:27.507
SOMETHING LIKE $10,000
OR SOMETHING.
00:21:27.507 --> 00:21:30.010
YOU HAD TO GO AND GET OUTFITTED
FOR IT.
00:21:30.010 --> 00:21:33.388
FOR INSTANCE,
THE SHOES HAD TO BE GROUNDED,
00:21:33.388 --> 00:21:36.308
AND THEY WOULDN\'T GIVE US
THE SHOES ON CREDIT,
00:21:36.308 --> 00:21:38.768
SO THEY LET US WORK
WITHOUT THE SHOES.
00:21:38.768 --> 00:21:41.980
IF I HAD BEEN OLDER,
I WOULDN\'T HAVE TAKEN THE JOB,
00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:43.940
BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE KNOWN
IT WAS DANGEROUS.
00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:46.943
BECAUSE ONE OF THE GIRLS--
YOU COULDN\'T WEAR SLIPS--
00:21:46.943 --> 00:21:49.237
A SLIP OR SILK STOCKINGS.
00:21:49.237 --> 00:21:51.156
WOMEN WORE SILK STOCKINGS
IN THOSE DAYS
00:21:51.156 --> 00:21:52.616
INSTEAD OF NYLONS
00:21:52.616 --> 00:21:55.327
UNTIL, YOU KNOW,
THEY ALL GOT AWAY FROM US,
00:21:55.327 --> 00:21:56.703
YOU KNOW, DURING THE WAR.
00:21:56.703 --> 00:21:58.330
THEN WE DIDN\'T HAVE ANY.
00:21:58.330 --> 00:22:02.876
BUT SHE WENT IN WITH A HAIRPIN
IN HER HAIR ONE DAY
00:22:02.876 --> 00:22:04.419
AND IT CREATED A SPARK
00:22:04.419 --> 00:22:08.173
AND SHE AND HER PARTNER
BLEW UP TO SMITHEREENS.
00:22:08.173 --> 00:22:10.550
THAT\'S WHEN I SAID,
\"WELL, FORGET THIS JOB.
00:22:10.550 --> 00:22:12.385
I\'M NOT GONNA WORK HERE
ANYMORE.\"
00:22:12.385 --> 00:22:14.804
SO I QUIT THAT.
IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS.
00:22:22.520 --> 00:22:25.815
- KOFSKY,
THIS SHOP ON 6TH AVENUE,
00:22:25.815 --> 00:22:27.901
WASN\'T WHAT I WAS DREAMING OF.
00:22:27.901 --> 00:22:32.238
I HAD WANTED TO WORK
IN SOME BIG AIRCRAFT PLANT
00:22:32.238 --> 00:22:35.700
LIKE WE WERE BEGINNING
TO SEE IN THE MOVIES.
00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:37.869
AND KOFSKY SHOP, WELL,
00:22:37.869 --> 00:22:40.246
IT WAS AN OLD DIVE
00:22:40.246 --> 00:22:43.249
ON 6TH AVENUE
AND 21ST STREET.
00:22:43.249 --> 00:22:45.168
WE WERE VERY GOOD PRODUCERS,
00:22:45.168 --> 00:22:48.254
BUT WE WERE EARNING FAR LESS
THAN THE MEN,
00:22:48.254 --> 00:22:51.383
BUT WE\'RE DOING THE SAME WORK.
00:22:51.383 --> 00:22:54.678
WE CERTAINLY WANTED
TO HELP THE WAR EFFORT.
00:22:54.678 --> 00:22:59.432
ALL OF US WERE VERY INVOLVED
IN THOSE FEELINGS.
00:22:59.432 --> 00:23:03.561
NO ONE OF US CAME FROM A FAMILY
THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF US.
00:23:03.561 --> 00:23:06.523
WE HAD TO EARN A LIVING,
AND WE WERE NOT DOING SO.
00:23:06.523 --> 00:23:09.275
ONE OF THE WOMEN,
BLANCHE AND I WENT DOWN
00:23:09.275 --> 00:23:11.695
TO UNITED ELECTRICAL WORKERS
UNION.
00:23:11.695 --> 00:23:13.405
WE STARTED
TO WEAR UNION BUTTONS,
00:23:13.405 --> 00:23:18.451
AND MR. KOFSKY\'S FACE CHANGED,
HE DIDN\'T LIKE US ANYMORE.
00:23:18.451 --> 00:23:21.871
WE WERE NO LONGER HIS GIRLS.
00:23:21.871 --> 00:23:23.540
HE DIDN\'T LIKE US.
00:23:23.540 --> 00:23:28.795
AND HE HAD A FOREMAN EMIL
WHO FELT PERSONALLY INSULTED
00:23:28.795 --> 00:23:31.131
BY OUR UNION BUTTONS
00:23:31.131 --> 00:23:33.591
BECAUSE HE SAYS
THAT HE WAS GOOD TO US.
00:23:33.591 --> 00:23:38.972
AND HE WAS GOOD TO US.
IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
00:23:38.972 --> 00:23:40.640
IT TOOK A FEW WEEKS,
00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:43.518
WE GOT UNION CARDS SIGNED,
00:23:43.518 --> 00:23:45.770
WE CAME TO WORK ONE MORNING,
00:23:45.770 --> 00:23:48.023
DOOR WAS LOCKED.
00:23:48.023 --> 00:23:49.149
WE COULDN\'T COME IN.
00:23:49.149 --> 00:23:50.775
WE WERE LOCKED OUT.
00:23:50.775 --> 00:23:52.777
INTERESTING SIDELIGHT.
00:23:52.777 --> 00:23:55.613
WE HAD SOME BLACK WOMEN WORKERS
WITH US.
00:23:55.613 --> 00:23:57.991
THEY HAD NEVER BEFORE TOLD US,
00:23:57.991 --> 00:24:00.285
BUT ONLY WHEN WE WERE ORGANIZING
IN THE UNION
00:24:00.285 --> 00:24:05.832
DID WE FIND OUT THAT THEY WERE
PAID 5¢ LESS PER HOUR
00:24:05.832 --> 00:24:10.211
THAN THE WHITE WORKERS
HAD BEEN PAID.
00:24:10.211 --> 00:24:13.840
TALK ABOUT CHEAP.
00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:18.011
SO THELMA, OUR UNION ORGANIZER,
CAME ALONG.
00:24:18.011 --> 00:24:22.015
SHE CALLED NEWSPAPERS,
AND THEY CAME WITH CAMERAS.
00:24:22.015 --> 00:24:23.600
THE UNION FILED A COMPLAINT
00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:25.518
AT THE NATIONAL
LABOR RELATIONS BOARD,
00:24:25.518 --> 00:24:27.020
SAYING THAT WE WANTED
TO WORK,
00:24:27.020 --> 00:24:28.396
WE WERE WORKING
FOR THE WAR EFFORT,
00:24:28.396 --> 00:24:29.647
AND HE WOULDN\'T PERMIT US
TO WORK,
00:24:29.647 --> 00:24:32.025
HIS ATTITUDE HAD CHANGED
SINCE THE UNION.
00:24:32.025 --> 00:24:33.777
AND OF COURSE HE SAID
WE WERE NO GOOD,
00:24:33.777 --> 00:24:36.362
WE WERE UNSKILLED, WE DIDN\'T
KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING,
00:24:36.362 --> 00:24:38.198
WE WERE ONLY GOOD, AS HE SAID,
00:24:38.198 --> 00:24:42.577
FOR \"BEING MARRIED
AND HAVING BABIES.\"
00:24:42.577 --> 00:24:46.372
THAT\'S ALL WE WERE GOOD FOR.
00:24:46.372 --> 00:24:48.708
WELL, WE WENT
TO THE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD,
00:24:48.708 --> 00:24:52.128
AND THEY RULED IN OUR FAVOR.
00:24:52.128 --> 00:24:56.424
AND WE WERE MEMBERS
OF THE ELECTRICAL WORKERS UNION,
00:24:56.424 --> 00:24:59.219
AND THE CHANGE IN OUR MONEY
WAS FANTASTIC.
00:24:59.219 --> 00:25:01.471
I CAN\'T RECALL NOW,
BUT IT WENT--
00:25:01.471 --> 00:25:05.683
IT WAS ABOUT AN 80% RAISE.
00:25:05.683 --> 00:25:07.310
- OH, IT MADE A GREAT CHANGE.
00:25:07.310 --> 00:25:09.354
I THINK IT MADE CHANGES
IN EVERYBODY\'S LIVES,
00:25:09.354 --> 00:25:11.397
\'CAUSE WE WEREN\'T USED
TO MAKING THE MONEY
00:25:11.397 --> 00:25:12.565
THAT WE WERE MAKING THEN.
00:25:12.565 --> 00:25:13.650
YOU\'D THINK YOU\'D MAKE MORE
IN A DAY
00:25:13.650 --> 00:25:15.735
THAN YOU USED TO MAKE
ALL WEEK.
00:25:15.735 --> 00:25:17.320
OH, YOU JUST BOUGHT EVERYTHING,
00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:20.490
AND IT JUST NEVER DAWNED ON YOU
TO SAVE MONEY.
00:25:20.490 --> 00:25:22.200
IT DIDN\'T TO ME.
A LOT OF \'EM DID.
00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:23.785
SOME OF THEM
SAID THEY SAVED THEIR MONEY
00:25:23.785 --> 00:25:25.161
JUST LIKE EVERYTHING.
00:25:25.161 --> 00:25:26.579
AND SOMEBODY WOULD TELL ME,
YOU KNOW,
00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:28.414
YOU BETTER SAVE THAT MONEY,
\'CAUSE AFTER THE WAR
00:25:28.414 --> 00:25:30.083
YOU CAN BUY A HOUSE,
YOU CAN BUY THIS,
00:25:30.083 --> 00:25:31.376
YOU CAN BUY THAT.
00:25:31.376 --> 00:25:32.544
I SAID--I\'D ALWAYS SAY,
\"QUIT TELLING ME
00:25:32.544 --> 00:25:34.420
HOW TO SPEND MY MONEY.\"
00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:37.757
I WAS BUYING FOX FURS
AND ALL THESE--
00:25:37.757 --> 00:25:40.718
I WAS JUST BUYING
ANYTHING I COULD SEE.
00:25:40.718 --> 00:25:43.721
[Minnie\'s in the Money]
00:25:43.721 --> 00:25:45.306
♪
00:25:45.306 --> 00:25:49.561
- ♪ HAVE YOU HEARD
THAT MINNIE\'S IN THE MONEY ♪
00:25:49.561 --> 00:25:54.774
♪ TAKE MY WORD
THAT MINNIE\'S IN THE MONEY ♪
00:25:54.774 --> 00:25:56.359
♪ SHE HASN\'T GOT A GUY
00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:59.696
♪ WHO\'S GOT A DIAMOND MINE
00:25:59.696 --> 00:26:03.366
♪ BUT SHE\'S A WELDER
ON THE OLD ASSEMBLY LINE ♪
00:26:03.366 --> 00:26:06.119
♪ SO BLESS HER, SIR
00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:08.538
♪ MINNIE\'S IN THE MONEY
00:26:08.538 --> 00:26:10.456
♪ MINNIE\'S IN THE MONEY
00:26:10.456 --> 00:26:13.585
♪ THAT\'S FINE
00:26:13.585 --> 00:26:15.461
♪ SHE\'S HELPING UNCLE SAM
00:26:15.461 --> 00:26:18.423
♪ TO KEEP HIS PEOPLE FREE
00:26:18.423 --> 00:26:20.758
♪ SHE\'S OKAY, HOORAY
00:26:20.758 --> 00:26:23.052
♪ MINNIE\'S IN THE DOUGH-RE-MI
00:26:23.052 --> 00:26:26.347
- WHEN I WORKED AT LOCKHEED
OR ANY OF THE FACTORIES,
00:26:26.347 --> 00:26:27.807
I WORKED AN EIGHT-HOUR SHIFT.
00:26:27.807 --> 00:26:29.475
IF THEY ASKED ME
TO WORK OVERTIME,
00:26:29.475 --> 00:26:31.728
I GOT PAID FOR OVERTIME.
00:26:31.728 --> 00:26:35.064
SO IT WAS--IT WAS
A BIG DIFFERENCE THERE.
00:26:35.064 --> 00:26:37.150
IT WOULD GET BORING AT TIMES,
00:26:37.150 --> 00:26:39.944
BUT ALL IN ALL
I WAS DOING
00:26:39.944 --> 00:26:42.739
THE SAME WORK
THAT OTHER PEOPLE WAS DOING.
00:26:42.739 --> 00:26:45.491
AND THEN IF THINGS
DIDN\'T WORK RIGHT,
00:26:45.491 --> 00:26:47.493
I COULD ALWAYS GO
TO THE UNION.
00:26:47.493 --> 00:26:49.412
WHO COULD I GO TO
DOING DOMESTIC WORK?
00:26:49.412 --> 00:26:50.955
THERE WAS NO UNION THERE
TO GO TO.
00:26:50.955 --> 00:26:54.000
I EITHER HAD TO JUST QUIT,
PACK UP AND LEAVE,
00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:56.836
OR WHATEVER,
BUT I DID HAVE SOME SAY-SO
00:26:56.836 --> 00:26:59.923
AT A JOB IN THE FACTORY.
00:26:59.923 --> 00:27:01.841
AND THERE WAS
ANOTHER DIFFERENCE TOO.
00:27:01.841 --> 00:27:04.219
INSTEAD OF WORKING ALONE
ALL THE TIME,
00:27:04.219 --> 00:27:05.887
LIKE YOU DO IN DOMESTIC WORK,
00:27:05.887 --> 00:27:07.347
\'CAUSE YOU\'RE IN THE KITCHEN
00:27:07.347 --> 00:27:09.682
OR WHEREVER YOU WERE AT
BY YOURSELF,
00:27:09.682 --> 00:27:12.435
I WAS ALWAYS WITH A BUNCH
OF OTHER WOMEN.
00:27:19.609 --> 00:27:21.945
- MANY OF OUR GIRLS
HAVE NEVER WORKED BEFORE
00:27:21.945 --> 00:27:23.529
OUTSIDE THEIR OWN HOMES.
00:27:23.529 --> 00:27:25.865
WE HAVE THE WIVES
OF COLLEGE PROFESSORS,
00:27:25.865 --> 00:27:28.868
CLUB WOMEN, HOME GIRLS
WHO ARE DOING IT
00:27:28.868 --> 00:27:30.995
AS THEIR PATRIOTIC DUTY.
00:27:30.995 --> 00:27:32.705
ONE HAD HER OWN BEAUTY PARLOR.
00:27:32.705 --> 00:27:34.707
THE OTHER WAS FORMERLY
A CIGARETTE GIRL
00:27:34.707 --> 00:27:36.167
AT A NIGHTCLUB.
00:27:36.167 --> 00:27:38.378
AND ROSITA MOSER,
WHO CLERKED IN ONE
00:27:38.378 --> 00:27:41.005
OF THE COMPANY\'S
FINEST DEPARTMENT STORES.
00:27:41.005 --> 00:27:43.383
NOW SHE\'S
IN OUR RECLAIMING DEPARTMENT.
00:27:43.383 --> 00:27:44.801
- ISN\'T THIS A FUNNY PLACE
FOR YOU?
00:27:44.801 --> 00:27:46.135
- NOT IF IT HELPS WIN THE WAR.
00:27:46.135 --> 00:27:48.846
- BUT AFTER CLERKING
IN A FASHIONABLE STORE...
00:27:48.846 --> 00:27:50.890
- I LIKE IT HERE,
AND IT SAVES MY CLOTHES.
00:27:50.890 --> 00:27:52.016
- YES, I SUPPOSE IT WOULD.
00:27:52.016 --> 00:27:53.184
- DID YOU EVER TRY PLEASING
00:27:53.184 --> 00:27:55.019
A BUNCH OF WOMEN SHOPPERS
ALL DAY?
00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:56.312
- NO, I NEVER DID.
00:27:56.312 --> 00:27:58.481
- WELL, HERE I JUST HAVE
TO PLEASE THE BOSS,
00:27:58.481 --> 00:28:00.066
AND HE\'S A MAN.
00:28:00.066 --> 00:28:03.695
- OF COURSE WE\'VE MADE
THE PLANTS ATTRACTIVE FOR THEM.
00:28:03.695 --> 00:28:06.656
THE WOMEN HAVE
THEIR OWN LOCKERS
00:28:06.656 --> 00:28:08.741
AND WASHUP ROOMS.
00:28:08.741 --> 00:28:11.411
THEY COME OUT FROM WORK
00:28:11.411 --> 00:28:15.915
LOOKING LIKE BUSINESS GIRLS
ON VACATION REALLY.
00:28:15.915 --> 00:28:17.834
- WE WERE SURPRISED TO KNOW
THERE WAS A SHOWER IN THERE,
00:28:17.834 --> 00:28:20.962
SO ONE OF THE BLACK WOMEN
WENT UP.
00:28:20.962 --> 00:28:22.588
SO WHEN SHE WENT UP THERE
TO TAKE A SHOWER,
00:28:22.588 --> 00:28:23.756
SHE SAYS,
\"WELL, I\'M GOING UP THERE,\"
00:28:23.756 --> 00:28:25.967
AND WE SAID, \"OKAY, WE\'LL BE UP
A LITTLE LATER.\"
00:28:25.967 --> 00:28:29.387
SO THE NEXT THING WE KNOW
IS A WHOLE LOT OF CONFUSION.
00:28:29.387 --> 00:28:30.888
WE GOT UP THERE
AND THE MATRON WAS UP THERE
00:28:30.888 --> 00:28:34.267
AND TELLING HER TO COME OUT OF
THERE AND GET OUT OF THERE FAST.
00:28:34.267 --> 00:28:35.727
AND SHE SAYS, \"WHY?\"
AND SHE SAYS,
00:28:35.727 --> 00:28:36.769
\"YOU\'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO BE IN THERE.\"
00:28:36.769 --> 00:28:38.104
AND SHE SAYS,
\"THOSE OTHER WOMEN
00:28:38.104 --> 00:28:39.397
ARE IN THERE TAKING A SHOWER.\"
00:28:39.397 --> 00:28:40.565
SHE SAYS, \"WELL, I DON\'T CARE
WHO\'S IN THERE.
00:28:40.565 --> 00:28:42.191
YOU\'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO BE IN THERE.\"
00:28:42.191 --> 00:28:45.945
AND SHE SAID, \"IF YOU DON\'T
COME OUT, WE\'LL GET THE GUARD.\"
00:28:45.945 --> 00:28:47.613
SO WE TRIED TO TALK HER OUT.
00:28:47.613 --> 00:28:49.490
WE DIDN\'T WANT TO SEE HER
LOSE HER JOB.
00:28:49.490 --> 00:28:51.034
AND SHE SAID,
\"NO, I\'M NOT COMING OUT.\"
00:28:51.034 --> 00:28:52.869
SHE SAYS, \"LONG AS THEY GOT
SHOWERS IN HERE,
00:28:52.869 --> 00:28:55.079
AND THOSE WOMEN ARE USING \'EM,
I\'M USING \'EM TOO.\"
00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:57.373
SO THEY CLOSED THE SHOWERS DOWN.
00:28:57.373 --> 00:29:01.044
AND SO THEN A LOT OF \'EM DECIDED
NOT TO WORK WITH US PERIOD.
00:29:01.044 --> 00:29:03.713
SO THE UNION STEWARD
SENT TO LOCAL 600,
00:29:03.713 --> 00:29:05.548
AND THEY SENT
A REPRESENTATIVE.
00:29:05.548 --> 00:29:06.758
HE ASKED \'EM
WHAT WAS THE MATTER.
00:29:06.758 --> 00:29:08.301
WELL, THEY DIDN\'T WANT
TO TALK TO HIM
00:29:08.301 --> 00:29:09.635
BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK,
00:29:09.635 --> 00:29:11.679
AND THEY WAS WAITING
FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME.
00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:13.806
HE SAYS, \"I\'M ALL
THAT\'S GONNA BE HERE.
00:29:13.806 --> 00:29:15.433
SO ALL I WANT TO KNOW
IS WHAT\'S WRONG.\"
00:29:15.433 --> 00:29:17.477
AND THEY SAID, \"WE\'RE NOT GONNA
WORK WITH THOSE WOMEN.\"
00:29:17.477 --> 00:29:18.895
HE SAID, \"WHAT WOMEN?\"
00:29:18.895 --> 00:29:21.189
AND THEY SAID--WELL,
THEY DIDN\'T SAY BLACK THEN.
00:29:21.189 --> 00:29:22.732
THEY SAID,
\"WELL, THOSE COLORED WOMEN.\"
00:29:22.732 --> 00:29:24.609
AND HE SAYS,
\"WHY DON\'T YOU WANT
00:29:24.609 --> 00:29:25.818
TO WORK
WITH THOSE COLORED WOMEN?\"
00:29:25.818 --> 00:29:28.488
AND THEY SAID,
\"WE JUST DON\'T WANT TO.\"
00:29:28.488 --> 00:29:30.114
HE SAID,
\"WELL, DO YOU WANT THE JOBS?\"
00:29:30.114 --> 00:29:31.366
THEY SAID,
\"YEAH, WE WANT THE JOBS.\"
00:29:31.366 --> 00:29:32.742
HE SAYS,
\"OKAY, THEN YOU GO TO WORK.
00:29:32.742 --> 00:29:34.702
\"IF YOU DON\'T WANT THE JOBS,
JUST TURN IN YOUR TIME.
00:29:34.702 --> 00:29:36.079
\"THAT\'S ALL YOU CAN DO.
00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:38.539
WE\'LL GET SOMEBODY THAT DOES
WANT TO WORK WITH THEM.\"
00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:41.876
SO AFTER THAT, WELL,
THEY WENT ON BACK TO WORK.
00:29:41.876 --> 00:29:44.462
THEY EVENTUALLY GOT OVER IT,
00:29:44.462 --> 00:29:46.214
SO WE STARTED WORKING
AFTER THAT.
00:29:46.214 --> 00:29:50.259
COURSE, AFTER WE WORKED A WHILE
AND GOT USED TO EACH OTHER,
00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:52.428
THEN WE\'D LAUGH
ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
00:29:54.347 --> 00:29:57.350
[upbeat music]
00:29:57.350 --> 00:30:03.689
♪
00:30:03.689 --> 00:30:05.149
- ♪ THE DAY AFTER PAYDAY
00:30:05.149 --> 00:30:07.360
♪ IS NOT THE TIME
TO RELAX ♪
00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:08.861
♪ STAY ON THE JOB
00:30:08.861 --> 00:30:11.406
♪ AND GIVE THE AXIS THE AX
00:30:11.406 --> 00:30:15.076
♪ TIME WON\'T WAIT
FOR YOU AND ME ♪
00:30:15.076 --> 00:30:19.205
♪ DON\'T BE AN ABSENTEE
00:30:19.205 --> 00:30:20.706
♪ DON\'T GO TO THE RACES
00:30:20.706 --> 00:30:22.708
♪ WHEN YOU KNOW
THAT YOUR PLACE IS ♪
00:30:22.708 --> 00:30:26.712
♪ ON THE OLD ASSEMBLY LINE
00:30:26.712 --> 00:30:28.339
♪ NO TIME TO GO FISHIN\'
00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:30.216
♪ WHEN WE NEED AMMUNITION
00:30:30.216 --> 00:30:34.345
♪ AND THE JOB IS YOURS
AND MINE ♪
00:30:34.345 --> 00:30:35.888
♪ KEEP PUNCHING THE CLOCK
00:30:35.888 --> 00:30:38.057
♪ UNTIL YOU KNOCK OUT THE FOE
00:30:38.057 --> 00:30:41.519
♪ DON\'T STAY AWAY
OR YOU\'LL BE MISSING THE SHOW ♪
00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:45.898
♪ IF YOU WANT
YOUR COUNTRY FREE ♪
00:30:45.898 --> 00:30:49.068
♪ DON\'T BE AN ABSENTEE ♪
00:30:49.068 --> 00:30:52.530
- I NEEDED TO TAKE CARE
OF MY LAUNDRY.
00:30:52.530 --> 00:30:55.116
I NEEDED TO DO--
HELP WITH THE HOUSEWORK
00:30:55.116 --> 00:30:56.284
WHEN I GOT HOME.
00:30:56.284 --> 00:30:58.244
I WAS LIVING
WITH MY HUSBAND\'S MOTHER
00:30:58.244 --> 00:31:01.414
AT THE TIME
AND VARIOUS OTHER RELATIVES.
00:31:01.414 --> 00:31:03.291
WE WERE ALL SORT OF TOGETHER
FOR THE WAR.
00:31:03.291 --> 00:31:04.876
AND THINGS HAD TO BE DONE,
00:31:04.876 --> 00:31:08.087
AND THERE WAS NEVER ANY
UNDERSTANDING OR ANY RESPECT
00:31:08.087 --> 00:31:10.214
REALLY GIVEN TO WOMEN
00:31:10.214 --> 00:31:12.925
FOR THEIR LIFE
OUTSIDE OF THE WORKPLACE.
00:31:12.925 --> 00:31:17.013
AND I ADMIT I MYSELF
NEVER EVEN GAVE MUCH THOUGHT
00:31:17.013 --> 00:31:19.098
TO WOMEN WORKERS
WHO HAD CHILDREN.
00:31:19.098 --> 00:31:20.725
HOW WERE THEY MANAGING?
00:31:20.725 --> 00:31:23.895
- WHEN I CAME TO SAN FRANCISCO
TO WORK
00:31:23.895 --> 00:31:25.396
AND WENT TO WORK
IN THE SHIPYARDS,
00:31:25.396 --> 00:31:28.774
I HAD A LITTLE CHILD
THAT I HAD TO LEAVE BEHIND.
00:31:28.774 --> 00:31:30.276
I HAD TO LEAVE HER
WITH MY MOTHER
00:31:30.276 --> 00:31:33.279
BECAUSE UP HERE I DIDN\'T THINK
I WOULD HAVE ANY PLACE
00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.447
FOR HER TO STAY.
00:31:34.447 --> 00:31:37.450
AND I WAS GOING
INTO A NEW COMMUNITY
00:31:37.450 --> 00:31:39.744
IN A NEW TOWN,
AND I DIDN\'T WANT TO BRING
00:31:39.744 --> 00:31:40.953
MY CHILD WITH ME.
00:31:40.953 --> 00:31:42.788
AND I LEFT HER WITH MY MOTHER,
00:31:42.788 --> 00:31:45.666
AND IT WAS ONE
OF THE MOST AWFUL THINGS
00:31:45.666 --> 00:31:47.418
I THINK I EVER DID
TO ANYBODY
00:31:47.418 --> 00:31:50.922
BECAUSE EVEN TODAY
THAT CHILD HURTS
00:31:50.922 --> 00:31:52.965
BECAUSE SHE FELT--
BECAUSE I PROMISED HER THAT,
00:31:52.965 --> 00:31:56.302
GIVE ME ONE YEAR AWAY
AND I\'LL COME BACK AND GET YOU,
00:31:56.302 --> 00:31:59.055
AND THAT ONE YEAR STRETCHED
INTO TWO YEARS
00:31:59.055 --> 00:32:00.932
AND FINALLY
INTO THREE YEARS
00:32:00.932 --> 00:32:03.100
AND ENDED UP ALMOST FIVE YEARS
00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:04.685
BEFORE I COULD GO BACK
AND GET HER.
00:32:04.685 --> 00:32:09.482
AND THAT\'S ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT\'S VERY BAD.
00:32:09.482 --> 00:32:11.317
IF THERE HAD BEEN
ANY KIND OF CONDITIONS
00:32:11.317 --> 00:32:13.194
UNDER WHICH I COULD HAVE BROUGHT
HER WITH ME,
00:32:13.194 --> 00:32:14.695
I CERTAINLY
WOULD HAVE BROUGHT HER.
00:32:22.870 --> 00:32:24.997
- BUT THE COMMUNITY
KNEW ABOUT THAT,
00:32:24.997 --> 00:32:26.999
WAS PLANNING TO MEET THAT.
00:32:26.999 --> 00:32:29.961
11 DAY NURSERIES,
MORE TO FOLLOW.
00:32:29.961 --> 00:32:31.796
HERE, WOMEN CAN LEAVE
THEIR CHILDREN
00:32:31.796 --> 00:32:34.549
WHILE THEY WORK,
CONFIDENT OF THE BEST OF CARE
00:32:34.549 --> 00:32:36.634
IN THE MOST PLEASANT
OF SURROUNDINGS.
00:32:48.229 --> 00:32:50.147
- I DON\'T KNOW.
I NEVER HEARD OF ANY, YOU KNOW,
00:32:50.147 --> 00:32:53.234
WHERE I COULD TAKE MY CHILDREN
ANYWAY.
00:32:53.234 --> 00:32:56.237
THERE MOSTLY WERE PRIVATE ONES,
AND THEY WERE WAY OUT.
00:32:56.237 --> 00:32:57.572
I\'M SURE
THEY MUST HAVE HAD THEM.
00:32:57.572 --> 00:33:00.825
I HAD TO PUT MY DAUGHTER
IN BOARDING SCHOOL,
00:33:00.825 --> 00:33:03.452
AND THE OTHER ONE
WAS WITH HER DAD.
00:33:03.452 --> 00:33:04.537
I\'D ALWAYS HAD HER WITH ME.
00:33:04.537 --> 00:33:06.914
AND TO HAVE TO SEND HER AWAY--
00:33:06.914 --> 00:33:10.501
BUT I, YOU KNOW,
RAN INTO SO MANY BRICK WALLS,
00:33:10.501 --> 00:33:12.712
YOU KNOW, KEEPING HER
IN PRIVATE HOMES AND EVERYTHING.
00:33:12.712 --> 00:33:14.380
IF IT WASN\'T ONE THING
THAT WAS HAPPENING,
00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:16.007
IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
00:33:16.007 --> 00:33:18.259
- MY KID WAS LITTLE.
00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:20.511
AND SO I WORKED AT NIGHT.
00:33:20.511 --> 00:33:22.680
AND SO I WOULD GET HOME
IN THE MORNING.
00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:25.725
I DIDN\'T HAVE A WASHING MACHINE,
00:33:25.725 --> 00:33:30.187
SO I WASHED BY HAND,
HUNG THE CLOTHES ON THE LINE.
00:33:30.187 --> 00:33:32.732
THEN I WOULD HAVE
TO CLEAN THE HOUSE,
00:33:32.732 --> 00:33:33.941
BATHE THE BABY.
00:33:33.941 --> 00:33:36.902
THEN I WOULD HAVE
TO GO SHOPPING.
00:33:36.902 --> 00:33:40.364
- THERE WERE LOTS OF DISHES
EVERY NIGHT, POTS.
00:33:40.364 --> 00:33:42.867
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS NOT YOUNG.
00:33:42.867 --> 00:33:46.370
I WOULD CERTAINLY NOT SEE HER
DO THE DISHES.
00:33:46.370 --> 00:33:49.582
NOW MY BROTHER-IN-LAW
WHO WAS ALSO--HE WAS--
00:33:49.582 --> 00:33:52.460
HE WORKED
AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD.
00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:54.712
AND I GUESS I JUST ACCEPTED IT--
00:33:54.712 --> 00:33:57.131
AFTER DINNER HE WOULD
LIE DOWN ON THE COUCH
00:33:57.131 --> 00:33:59.967
AND LISTEN TO JAZZ RECORDS,
00:33:59.967 --> 00:34:04.221
AND I FELT THE NEED
TO PITCH IN IN THE KITCHEN.
00:34:04.221 --> 00:34:06.599
- WHEN YOUR HUSBAND CAME HOME,
00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:09.310
YOU KNOW, HE\'D PROP HIS FEET UP
AND GOT A CAN OF BEER
00:34:09.310 --> 00:34:12.980
WHILE YOU FIXED DINNER,
OR, EVEN IF WE WEREN\'T WORKING
00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:15.107
THE SAME SHIFTS,
YOU FIXED DINNER AND LEFT IT
00:34:15.107 --> 00:34:17.026
WHERE IT WOULD BE CONVENIENT
FOR HIM TO GET.
00:34:17.026 --> 00:34:18.361
THAT SORT OF THING.
00:34:18.361 --> 00:34:21.447
SO IT WAS VERY HARD
FOR WOMEN TO REALLY PARTICIPATE
00:34:21.447 --> 00:34:23.824
IN THE UNION MEETINGS.
00:34:23.824 --> 00:34:25.242
- IT JUST GOT TOO MUCH,
00:34:25.242 --> 00:34:30.206
AND I TRIED SO HARD
TO DO--MAKE THEM SEE
00:34:30.206 --> 00:34:31.999
THAT TEN HOURS
WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR ME.
00:34:31.999 --> 00:34:34.335
I DIDN\'T MIND DOING EIGHT
AND AN OCCASIONAL NINE,
00:34:34.335 --> 00:34:36.128
BUT TEN WAS JUST TOO MUCH.
00:34:36.128 --> 00:34:37.505
I JUST COULDN\'T DO IT.
00:34:37.505 --> 00:34:39.465
AND I WROTE GRIEVANCE
AFTER GRIEVANCE,
00:34:39.465 --> 00:34:42.468
WHICH YOU JUST NEVER GET
ANYWHERE WITH IT.
00:34:42.468 --> 00:34:45.429
[alarm clock ringing]
00:35:00.528 --> 00:35:02.154
- SOME WERE TOO TIRED
IN THE MORNING
00:35:02.154 --> 00:35:05.783
TO FACE THE ASSEMBLY LINE
OR THE WORKBENCH.
00:35:08.369 --> 00:35:13.374
SOME FOUND THAT DEFENSE WORK
INTERFERED WITH THEIR SHOPPING.
00:35:13.374 --> 00:35:15.376
A FEW MEMBERS OF THE HIDDEN
ARMY, IT SEEMED,
00:35:15.376 --> 00:35:17.837
HAD EARNED ENOUGH
FOR THE FUR COAT THEY COVETED
00:35:17.837 --> 00:35:21.048
AND RETURNED
TO THEIR PREWAR EXISTENCE.
00:35:21.048 --> 00:35:22.967
PERHAPS THE WAR NEWS
LOOKED SWELL
00:35:22.967 --> 00:35:24.343
AND THE COMPULSION TO WORK
WAS DISSIPATED
00:35:24.343 --> 00:35:27.722
IN THE CONFIDENT TALK OF VICTORY
JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
00:35:27.722 --> 00:35:30.850
THE PAPERS REPORTED
A SLIGHT FALLING OFF
00:35:30.850 --> 00:35:32.184
IN PRODUCTION.
00:35:32.184 --> 00:35:33.811
THE KIDS NEEDED LOOKING AFTER,
00:35:33.811 --> 00:35:36.021
AND THE HOUSE SOMEHOW
REFUSED TO RUN ITSELF
00:35:36.021 --> 00:35:39.900
WHEN EIGHT HOURS A DAY
WERE SPENT AT THE PLANT.
00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:41.652
BUT BY FAR
THE MOST COMMON REASON
00:35:41.652 --> 00:35:44.488
WAS THAT WOMEN WERE
NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THE LONG HOURS
00:35:44.488 --> 00:35:46.532
OF HARD WORK.
00:35:46.532 --> 00:35:48.743
SHORTAGES APPEARED.
00:35:48.743 --> 00:35:52.538
AMERICAN PLANES FOUND THEMSELVES
LACKING BEARING ASSEMBLIES.
00:35:52.538 --> 00:35:56.667
OF A SUDDEN, THE WAR
WAS RIGHT IN THE AMERICAN HOME.
00:36:06.051 --> 00:36:09.096
\"THE GOVERNMENT REGRETS
TO INFORM...\"
00:36:09.096 --> 00:36:12.349
- NO.
NO.
00:36:12.349 --> 00:36:14.393
- OUR WOMEN LEARNED--
LEARNED IN BITTER TEARS
00:36:14.393 --> 00:36:17.104
AND HEARTACHE THAT IN WAR
THERE CAN BE NO SUCH THING
00:36:17.104 --> 00:36:19.565
AS A SLIGHT FALLING OFF
IN PRODUCTION.
00:36:19.565 --> 00:36:23.486
BECAUSE THERE\'S NO SUCH THING
AS A SLIGHT DEATH.
00:36:23.486 --> 00:36:25.404
[gunfire]
00:36:25.404 --> 00:36:28.282
- YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVEN TALKED
ABOUT THE UNION TOO MUCH,
00:36:28.282 --> 00:36:29.617
YOU WERE KIND OF UNPATRIOTIC.
00:36:29.617 --> 00:36:33.370
HOW DARE YOU TALK
ABOUT NOT WORKING OVERTIME
00:36:33.370 --> 00:36:37.041
OR NOT DOING MORE
THAN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO
00:36:37.041 --> 00:36:40.419
WHEN OUR BOYS
WERE OVER THERE DYING FOR US?
00:36:40.419 --> 00:36:44.632
YOU KNOW?
NOT FOR BUSINESS, BUT FOR US
00:36:44.632 --> 00:36:46.133
THEY WERE DYING.
00:36:46.133 --> 00:36:49.470
[Arms for the Love of America]
00:36:49.470 --> 00:36:53.140
- ♪ ARMS FOR THE LOVE
OF AMERICA ♪
00:36:53.140 --> 00:36:55.267
♪ WE\'VE GOT TO GET
IN THE RACE ♪
00:36:55.267 --> 00:36:57.436
♪ AND WORK AT A LIVELY PACE
00:36:57.436 --> 00:36:59.396
♪ THEY SAY OVER HERE
WE\'VE NOTHING TO FEAR ♪
00:36:59.396 --> 00:37:01.398
♪ BUT LET\'S GET READY
JUST IN CASE ♪
00:37:01.398 --> 00:37:05.069
♪ ARMS FOR THE LOVE OF AMERICA
00:37:05.069 --> 00:37:08.823
♪ AND FOR THE LOVE
OF EVERY MOTHER\'S SON ♪
00:37:08.823 --> 00:37:09.990
♪ OH, THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
00:37:09.990 --> 00:37:12.660
♪ CAN BE LOST OR WON
00:37:12.660 --> 00:37:16.455
♪ BY THE MAN BEHIND THE MAN
BEHIND THE GUN ♪
00:37:16.455 --> 00:37:18.582
♪ BY THE MAN
BEHIND THE MAN ♪
00:37:18.582 --> 00:37:22.419
♪ BEHIND
00:37:22.419 --> 00:37:30.636
♪ THE GUN
00:37:32.888 --> 00:37:35.683
- I WAS WORKING
DOWN IN THE HOLE OF THE SHIP.
00:37:35.683 --> 00:37:37.768
THERE WAS
ABOUT SIX FILIPINO MEN,
00:37:37.768 --> 00:37:43.148
AND OVER THESE MEN WAS A
19-YEAR-OLD OFFICER OF THE SHIP.
00:37:43.148 --> 00:37:45.776
AND THIS BIG WHITE GUY
00:37:45.776 --> 00:37:49.822
WENT OVER AND STARTED TO KICK
THIS POOR FILIPINO.
00:37:49.822 --> 00:37:52.449
AND NONE OF THE WHITE MEN
THAT WAS WORKING DOWN THERE
00:37:52.449 --> 00:37:54.785
IN THE HOLE WITH ME
HAD SAID ONE WORD
00:37:54.785 --> 00:37:56.996
TO THIS GUY,
AND I HAD SAT THERE,
00:37:56.996 --> 00:37:58.330
AND I WAS GETTING MADDER
AND MADDER
00:37:58.330 --> 00:37:59.623
AND MADDER
BY THE MINUTE.
00:37:59.623 --> 00:38:02.626
I SPRANG TO MY FEET,
AND I TURNED ON MY TORCH,
00:38:02.626 --> 00:38:07.381
AND I HAD A FLAME ABOUT SIX OR
SEVEN FEET OUT IN FRONT OF ME,
00:38:07.381 --> 00:38:08.757
AND I WALKED UP TO HIM,
AND I SAID--
00:38:08.757 --> 00:38:12.177
YOU WANT ME TO SAY
THE REAL LANGUAGE?
00:38:12.177 --> 00:38:16.265
I SAID TO HIM, \"YOU SO-AND-SO,
IF YOU GO--LIFT ONE MORE FOOT,
00:38:16.265 --> 00:38:17.683
I\'LL CUT YOUR GUTS OUT.\"
00:38:17.683 --> 00:38:20.352
THAT WAS MY EXACT WORDS.
I WAS SO MAD WITH HIM.
00:38:20.352 --> 00:38:22.354
AND THEN HE STARTS
TO TELL ME
00:38:22.354 --> 00:38:23.856
THAT HE HAD BEEN TRAINED
00:38:23.856 --> 00:38:26.984
IN BOOT CAMP
THAT ANY NATIONAL GROUP
00:38:26.984 --> 00:38:30.863
WHO WAS DARK-SKINNED
WAS BENEATH ALL WHITE PEOPLE.
00:38:30.863 --> 00:38:32.364
BUT HE STARTED TO CRY.
00:38:32.364 --> 00:38:33.824
I BEGAN TO FEEL SORRY FOR HIM,
00:38:33.824 --> 00:38:35.659
BECAUSE HE WAS CRYING,
HE WAS REALLY CRYING,
00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:36.952
HE WAS SO FRIGHTENED.
00:38:36.952 --> 00:38:38.120
AND I WAS FRIGHTENED.
00:38:38.120 --> 00:38:39.872
I DIDN\'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING,
YOU KNOW.
00:38:39.872 --> 00:38:42.833
BUT IN THE END
I TURNED MY TORCH OFF.
00:38:42.833 --> 00:38:45.419
AND I SAT DOWN
ON THE STEPS WITH HIM.
00:38:45.419 --> 00:38:48.505
ABOUT THAT TIME,
THE INTERCOM ON BOARD THE SHIP
00:38:48.505 --> 00:38:50.591
STARTED TO ANNOUNCE,
\"LYN CHILDS,
00:38:50.591 --> 00:38:52.635
REPORT TO COLONEL HICKMAN
IMMEDIATELY.\"
00:38:52.635 --> 00:38:54.678
SO I SAID,
\"I GUESS THIS IS IT.\"
00:38:54.678 --> 00:38:57.222
SO I WENT UP
TO COLONEL HICKMAN\'S OFFICE.
00:38:57.222 --> 00:38:59.350
AND BEHIND CAME ME
ALL OF THESE MEN,
00:38:59.350 --> 00:39:01.185
THEY ALL LINED UP BEHIND--
00:39:01.185 --> 00:39:02.728
AND I SAID,
\"WHERE ARE YOU GUYS GOING?\"
00:39:02.728 --> 00:39:04.939
THEY SAID,
\"WE\'RE GOING WITH YOU.\"
00:39:04.939 --> 00:39:07.441
HE SAYS, \"I JUST WANTED
TO SEE LYN CHILDS.\"
00:39:07.441 --> 00:39:09.151
AND THEY SAID,
\"WELL, YOU SEE ALL OF US
00:39:09.151 --> 00:39:11.028
\"BECAUSE WE\'RE ALL--
WE\'RE ALL DOWN THERE.
00:39:11.028 --> 00:39:13.238
\"WE ALL DIDN\'T HAVE GUTS ENOUGH
TO DO WHAT SHE DID,
00:39:13.238 --> 00:39:14.657
AND WE\'RE WITH HER.\"
00:39:14.657 --> 00:39:16.742
SO HE SAID,
\"COME INTO THIS OFFICE,\"
00:39:16.742 --> 00:39:18.619
AND HE CAME OUT AND HAD
ONE OF THE GUARDS
00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:20.788
TAKE ME INSIDE THE OFFICE,
AND HE CLOSED THE DOOR REAL FAST
00:39:20.788 --> 00:39:23.207
TO KEEP THEM OUT
AND HE SAYS,
00:39:23.207 --> 00:39:25.084
\"WHAT KIND OF COMMUNIST ACTIVITY
00:39:25.084 --> 00:39:26.752
ARE YOU CARRYING ON
DOWN IN THE HOLE?\"
00:39:26.752 --> 00:39:28.712
AND I SAID, \"COMMUNIST?
WHAT IS THAT?\"
00:39:28.712 --> 00:39:30.756
HE SAYS, \"YOU KNOW
WHAT I\'M TALKING ABOUT.
00:39:30.756 --> 00:39:32.049
YOU\'RE A COMM--\"
I SAID, \"WELL, IF COMMUNISTS
00:39:32.049 --> 00:39:35.970
\"OBJECT TO THE KIND OF TREATMENT
00:39:35.970 --> 00:39:37.888
\"THAT MAN WAS PUTTING
ON THOSE FILIPINOS
00:39:37.888 --> 00:39:40.474
AND WOULD COME TO THEIR RESCUE,\"
I SAID,
00:39:40.474 --> 00:39:43.602
\"THEN I AM THE BIGGEST COMMUNIST
YOU EVER SAW IN YOUR LIFE.\"
00:39:43.602 --> 00:39:45.896
I SAID, \"THAT IS GREAT.
I\'M A COMMIE.\"
00:39:45.896 --> 00:39:47.314
HE SAID,
\"DON\'T SAY THAT SO LOUD.\"
00:39:47.314 --> 00:39:49.942
AND I SAID, \"WELL, YOU ASKED ME
WAS I A COMMUNIST,
00:39:49.942 --> 00:39:51.777
AND YOU\'RE SAYING I AM,
AND I SAID--I\'M AGREE--\"
00:39:51.777 --> 00:39:53.779
HE SAID, \"SHH. HUSH\"
00:39:53.779 --> 00:39:55.489
HE SAID,
\"DON\'T SAY THAT SO LOUD.\"
00:39:55.489 --> 00:39:57.282
HE SAYS, \"I THINK YOU OUGHT
TO GET OUT OF HERE
00:39:57.282 --> 00:39:58.617
AND GO BACK TO WORK,\"
AND I SAID,
00:39:58.617 --> 00:40:00.285
\"WELL, YOU CALLED ME.
WHY DID YOU CALL ME?\"
00:40:00.285 --> 00:40:02.830
HE SAID, \"WELL, NEVER MIND
WHAT I CALLED YOU FOR.
00:40:02.830 --> 00:40:04.289
GO BACK TO WORK.\"
00:40:04.289 --> 00:40:07.626
AND I HAD ALWAYS BEEN
ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS
00:40:07.626 --> 00:40:11.964
WHO FELT THAT I COULD HANDLE
MY OWN PROBLEMS MY OWN WAY
00:40:11.964 --> 00:40:13.632
AND DO THINGS MYSELF.
00:40:13.632 --> 00:40:16.552
I DIDN\'T EVER ASK ANYBODY
TO DO ANYTHING
00:40:16.552 --> 00:40:18.303
TO HELP ME OUT IN ANY WAY.
00:40:18.303 --> 00:40:22.224
WELL, WHAT WAS THE RESULTS
OF GOING WITH ALL THOSE PEOPLE
00:40:22.224 --> 00:40:25.853
GOING BEHIND ME
TAUGHT ME ONE THING--
00:40:25.853 --> 00:40:28.188
THAT WHEN A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
COME WITH YOU,
00:40:28.188 --> 00:40:30.941
THAT COULD MAKE A COLONEL SAY,
\"HUSH, GET OUT OF HERE.
00:40:30.941 --> 00:40:33.277
GO BACK TO WORK.\"
00:40:33.277 --> 00:40:35.863
[drum roll]
00:40:35.863 --> 00:40:38.866
[upbeat music]
00:40:38.866 --> 00:40:46.957
♪
00:40:53.505 --> 00:40:56.467
[cheers]
00:40:59.136 --> 00:41:02.222
[cheers and applause]
00:41:02.222 --> 00:41:05.350
[ship\'s horn blasts]
00:41:09.396 --> 00:41:13.692
OH, WHEN WE FINISHED
ONE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL SHIPS,
00:41:13.692 --> 00:41:17.780
AND I REMEMBER THEM, TWO OF THEM
WENT DOWN THE WAY WITHOUT ME.
00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:19.740
ONE OF THEM I RODE DOWN WITH IT.
00:41:19.740 --> 00:41:22.534
IT WAS AN INSPIRING,
THRILLING THING.
00:41:22.534 --> 00:41:24.244
HERE IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE DONE,
00:41:24.244 --> 00:41:26.163
YOU\'VE WORKED ON
AND, ONCE IT WENT DOWN
00:41:26.163 --> 00:41:31.085
INTO THE WATER AND WITHSTOOD
THE TEST OF STAYING AFLOAT,
00:41:31.085 --> 00:41:32.503
I DON\'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT.
00:41:32.503 --> 00:41:33.545
IT\'S A THRILL.
00:41:33.545 --> 00:41:35.881
YOUR WHOLE BODY
IS THRILLED FROM IT.
00:41:35.881 --> 00:41:38.050
BECAUSE YOU\'VE DONE SOMETHING
THAT\'S WORTHWHILE.
00:41:38.050 --> 00:41:43.889
- ONE NIGHT CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS,
WE WERE REALLY COLD,
00:41:43.889 --> 00:41:45.891
IN SPITE OF WORKING
WITH THE TORCHES,
00:41:45.891 --> 00:41:48.852
BECAUSE THE WIND WAS BLOWING
THROUGH THE BROKEN WINDOWS.
00:41:48.852 --> 00:41:53.023
WE HAD--WE PUT STUFFED RAGS
INTO THE HOLES,
00:41:53.023 --> 00:41:54.399
BUT IT WAS NO GOOD.
00:41:54.399 --> 00:41:56.443
MY COWORKER,
WHO WAS A BLACK MAN
00:41:56.443 --> 00:41:58.695
FROM THE SOUTH,
AND I WERE DOING
00:41:58.695 --> 00:42:02.741
OUR USUAL TRIP AROUND THE BOMB
CASE WELDING THE SIDES.
00:42:02.741 --> 00:42:04.201
AND THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT
00:42:04.201 --> 00:42:06.745
I THINK I WAS FEELING
A LITTLE LOW ALTOGETHER.
00:42:06.745 --> 00:42:08.872
THE WAR WAS TAKING
A LONG, LONG TIME,
00:42:08.872 --> 00:42:11.875
AND THE MEN WERE AWAY,
NOT FOR A YEAR OR TWO,
00:42:11.875 --> 00:42:14.545
BUT FOR THE DURATION,
WHICH MIGHT MEAN FOREVER.
00:42:14.545 --> 00:42:17.339
AND IT WAS BEGINNING
TO WEAR ON ME.
00:42:17.339 --> 00:42:20.092
AND MY PARTNER AS HE PASSED BY,
00:42:20.092 --> 00:42:21.552
HE RAISED UP HIS GOGGLES
00:42:21.552 --> 00:42:24.513
AND HE REALLY SMILED
INTO MY FACE,
00:42:24.513 --> 00:42:26.306
AND HE SAID TO ME IN YIDDISH...
00:42:26.306 --> 00:42:30.894
[speaks Yiddish]
00:42:30.894 --> 00:42:34.815
AND I LOOKED AT HIM,
AND IT WAS THE SWEETEST THING
00:42:34.815 --> 00:42:36.900
HE COULD HAVE SAID TO ME
AT THAT MOMENT.
00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:40.779
\"WORK MAKES LIFE SWEET.\"
00:42:40.779 --> 00:42:44.491
- EDITH STONER\'S HUSBAND
IS IN ALASKA.
00:42:44.491 --> 00:42:47.494
SHE TOOK THIS JOB
FOR THE DURATION.
00:42:47.494 --> 00:42:50.122
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR JOB,
MRS. STONER?
00:42:50.122 --> 00:42:52.166
- I LOVE IT.
- HOW ABOUT AFTER THE WAR?
00:42:52.166 --> 00:42:54.626
ARE YOU GONNA KEEP ON WORKING?
- I SHOULD SAY NOT.
00:42:54.626 --> 00:42:57.129
WHEN MY HUSBAND COMES BACK,
I\'M GONNA BE BUSY AT HOME.
00:42:57.129 --> 00:42:59.006
- GOOD FOR YOU.
00:42:59.006 --> 00:43:02.509
- LEE DUNNEY, WHO NOW WELDS ON
LANDING BARGES.
00:43:02.509 --> 00:43:03.927
LEE, WHAT DID YOU USED TO DO?
00:43:03.927 --> 00:43:06.805
- BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
I WAS A BABY NURSE.
00:43:06.805 --> 00:43:08.640
- WELL, QUITE A CHANGE
TO THIS.
00:43:08.640 --> 00:43:11.143
- YEAH, BUT THE HOURS
ARE MUCH SHORTER.
00:43:11.143 --> 00:43:13.645
- WHAT ABOUT AFTER THIS WAR,
LEE?
00:43:13.645 --> 00:43:16.315
- WELL, THIS JOB BELONGS
TO SOME SOLDIER.
00:43:16.315 --> 00:43:18.817
AND, WHEN HE COMES BACK,
HE CAN HAVE IT.
00:43:18.817 --> 00:43:22.738
- OH, THAT\'S SWELL.
00:43:22.738 --> 00:43:24.656
- CONFIDENT OWNER-PRESIDENT
BILL JACK
00:43:24.656 --> 00:43:28.535
SPURS ON THE TROOPS
HE COMMANDS.
00:43:28.535 --> 00:43:30.037
- THE COMING OF PEACE
00:43:30.037 --> 00:43:33.540
WILL WORK NO UNEMPLOYMENT
HARDSHIPS ON YOU.
00:43:33.540 --> 00:43:36.960
YOU WOMEN HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED
00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:38.712
BECAUSE THE ARMED FORCES
00:43:38.712 --> 00:43:42.966
HAVE CALLED YOUR HUSBANDS,
BROTHERS, OR SONS.
00:43:42.966 --> 00:43:46.678
EACH RETURNING SERVICEMAN
WILL GET HIS JOB BACK
00:43:46.678 --> 00:43:48.847
WHEN THIS WAR IS WON.
00:43:48.847 --> 00:43:51.225
AND YOU WOMEN AND GIRLS
00:43:51.225 --> 00:43:56.396
WILL GO HOME BACK TO BEING
HOUSEWIVES AND MOTHERS AGAIN
00:43:56.396 --> 00:44:00.400
AS YOU PROMISED TO DO
WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK FOR US.
00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:04.029
IF ALL INDUSTRY
WOULD ADOPT SIMPLE POLICY,
00:44:04.029 --> 00:44:08.867
THERE WOULD BE NO SERIOUS
POSTWAR PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
00:44:08.867 --> 00:44:12.204
[cheers and applause]
00:44:12.204 --> 00:44:14.498
- ♪ ONWARD, ON TO VICTORY
00:44:14.498 --> 00:44:18.543
♪ WORKING HARD FOR UNCLE SAM
00:44:18.543 --> 00:44:21.421
[upbeat music]
00:44:21.421 --> 00:44:25.300
- TIME MARCHES ON.
00:44:26.510 --> 00:44:30.180
[cheers and applause]
00:44:40.065 --> 00:44:43.068
[Happy Days Are Here Again
plays]
00:44:43.068 --> 00:44:50.867
♪
00:44:50.867 --> 00:44:53.787
[swing music]
00:44:53.787 --> 00:45:01.712
♪
00:45:07.592 --> 00:45:10.804
- IT WAS SOMETHING
YOU REALLY CANNOT IMAGINE.
00:45:10.804 --> 00:45:13.890
I REMEMBER MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
RUNNING DOWN THE STREET,
00:45:13.890 --> 00:45:15.309
AND SHE WAS SAYING
TO THE GROCER,
00:45:15.309 --> 00:45:18.312
\"YOU\'RE NOT GONNA GET
THOSE PRICES FROM US ANYMORE,\"
00:45:18.312 --> 00:45:21.606
BECAUSE DURING THE WAR
PRICES ROSE UNCONSCIONABLY.
00:45:21.606 --> 00:45:24.776
THEY TRIED TO HOLD
A LID ON THEM, BUT OFTEN--
00:45:24.776 --> 00:45:29.031
SHE SAID,
\"NO MORE TWO FOR 5.
00:45:29.031 --> 00:45:31.575
IT\'S GONNA BE FOUR FOR 5.\"
00:45:31.575 --> 00:45:35.245
BUT SHE WAS WRONG.
ANYWAY, THE DAY WAS MARVELOUS.
00:45:35.245 --> 00:45:38.332
- WE WERE GLAD THE WAR WAS OVER,
WE REALLY WERE,
00:45:38.332 --> 00:45:41.460
\'CAUSE, EVEN THOUGH YOU
DIDN\'T HAVE ANYBODY OVER THERE,
00:45:41.460 --> 00:45:42.961
YOU\'RE WORKING
WITH EVERYBODY ELSE
00:45:42.961 --> 00:45:44.588
THAT HAD SOMEBODY OVER THERE.
00:45:44.588 --> 00:45:45.922
AND THEY\'RE SO GLAD,
\'CAUSE, YOU KNOW,
00:45:45.922 --> 00:45:48.258
THEIR HUSBANDS
AND BROTHERS ARE COMING HOME.
00:45:48.258 --> 00:45:51.011
AND SO NATURALLY YOU JUST GET
IN THE SPIRIT OF IT WITH THEM.
00:45:51.011 --> 00:45:52.512
YOU KNOW,
EVERYBODY\'S CELEBRATING.
00:45:52.512 --> 00:45:53.764
- MY HUSBAND WAS HOME.
00:45:53.764 --> 00:45:56.099
HE HAD BEEN SENT HOME
A WEEK BEFORE.
00:45:56.099 --> 00:46:01.021
AND IT WAS SIMPLY--
IT WAS SIMPLY MARVELOUS
00:46:01.021 --> 00:46:04.149
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
AND NOT SO MARVELOUS FOR OTHERS
00:46:04.149 --> 00:46:07.736
WHO HAD LOST LOVED ONES.
00:46:07.736 --> 00:46:10.697
BUT THE FEELING OF THE DAY
WAS HAPPY,
00:46:10.697 --> 00:46:13.867
AND, OF COURSE, AT THAT POINT,
WE FELT THAT EVEN THE LOSSES
00:46:13.867 --> 00:46:16.745
HAD BEEN
FOR A VERY, VERY GOOD CAUSE.
00:46:16.745 --> 00:46:19.498
WE HAD TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
00:46:19.498 --> 00:46:22.501
[dramatic fanfare]
00:46:22.501 --> 00:46:27.798
♪
00:46:27.798 --> 00:46:29.841
[upbeat music]
00:46:29.841 --> 00:46:32.052
- NOW HE RETURNS.
00:46:32.052 --> 00:46:34.846
WHAT DOES HE WANT?
00:46:34.846 --> 00:46:37.849
WITH THE SIGHT OF HOME
STILL BEYOND THE HORIZON,
00:46:37.849 --> 00:46:42.020
HE\'S UNDENIABLY THINKING
OF A NUMBER OF THINGS.
00:46:42.020 --> 00:46:45.148
THE LONGEST SLEEP
IN THE SOFTEST FEATHER BED
00:46:45.148 --> 00:46:48.819
THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.
00:46:48.819 --> 00:46:51.029
A PLATOON OF BATHING BEAUTIES,
00:46:51.029 --> 00:46:57.327
WHO ONLY HAVE EYES FOR HIM.
00:46:57.327 --> 00:46:59.871
BUT WHEN THE IDLE DREAM
HAS DRIFTED,
00:46:59.871 --> 00:47:02.999
MOST OF ALL,
THE AVERAGE SOLDIER
00:47:02.999 --> 00:47:07.379
WANTS SIMPLY A JOB.
00:47:07.379 --> 00:47:11.258
HE RETURNS,
ARMED FOR A CIVILIAN FUTURE
00:47:11.258 --> 00:47:15.720
WITH TRAINING AND SKILLS,
ADAPTED TO AN AMAZING VARIETY
00:47:15.720 --> 00:47:18.557
OF CIVILIAN JOBS.
00:47:18.557 --> 00:47:22.811
THIS MAN
AND A THOUSAND-ODD OTHERS OF HIM
00:47:22.811 --> 00:47:25.313
NOW RETURN.
00:47:28.567 --> 00:47:31.403
HE REPRESENTS ONCE AGAIN
00:47:31.403 --> 00:47:33.738
THE BEST OF AMERICA,
00:47:33.738 --> 00:47:38.034
THE MOST CAPABLE POTENTIAL
GROUP OF WORKERS
00:47:38.034 --> 00:47:40.954
THE NATION HAS EVER KNOWN.
00:47:45.542 --> 00:47:47.085
- THE WOMEN WERE LAID OFF FIRST,
00:47:47.085 --> 00:47:51.089
AND THEN THE LESS SENIORED
BLACK MEN WERE LAID OFF NEXT.
00:47:51.089 --> 00:47:54.092
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT--
AS TIME WENT ON,
00:47:54.092 --> 00:47:58.138
FINALLY, MANY OF THE WHITE
WORKERS WERE LAID OFF.
00:47:58.138 --> 00:48:01.057
BUT ORIGINALLY THE FIRST ONES
LAID OFF WAS WOMEN.
00:48:01.057 --> 00:48:04.227
- APPARENTLY THE CONTRACT
FOR THE BOMB CASES
00:48:04.227 --> 00:48:06.438
HAD BEEN FULFILLED,
00:48:06.438 --> 00:48:08.648
AND WE WERE GIVEN NOTICE.
00:48:08.648 --> 00:48:13.445
AND THE JOB WAS OVER.
00:48:13.445 --> 00:48:17.491
- I KNEW THAT THE JOB WOULD
TERMINATE WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER,
00:48:17.491 --> 00:48:20.160
AND THAT\'S WHY I WENT--
I WORKED MY SHIFT, GO ON DOWN
00:48:20.160 --> 00:48:23.163
TO THE WELDING SCHOOL,
AND I TOOK IT ALL.
00:48:23.163 --> 00:48:25.832
YOU SEE, JUST TO BE A WELDER,
00:48:25.832 --> 00:48:28.793
YOU DON\'T HAVE TO TAKE IT ALL,
BUT I TOOK IT ALL,
00:48:28.793 --> 00:48:30.670
THE ACETYLENE,
AND, OH, THERE WAS
00:48:30.670 --> 00:48:32.672
ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT
KINDS OF WELDING.
00:48:32.672 --> 00:48:35.383
AND I WENT TO SCHOOL
AFTER WORK FOR FOUR HOURS
00:48:35.383 --> 00:48:37.886
SO THAT, WHEN I GOT OUT
OF THERE,
00:48:37.886 --> 00:48:39.554
I COULD GET A JOB
OF WELDING
00:48:39.554 --> 00:48:43.016
BECAUSE I REALLY ENJOYED IT
AND I REALLY LIKED IT.
00:48:43.016 --> 00:48:44.309
- I KNOW HOW TO RIVET.
00:48:44.309 --> 00:48:45.769
I KNOW HOW TO WELD.
00:48:45.769 --> 00:48:47.854
I KNOW HOW TO WORK
AN ASSEMBLY LINE.
00:48:47.854 --> 00:48:51.441
I KNOW HOW TO RUN A DOLLY,
YOU KNOW, TO GET PARTS OUT.
00:48:51.441 --> 00:48:54.319
I THOUGHT I HAD SEVERAL SKILLS
THAT WERE, YOU KNOW,
00:48:54.319 --> 00:48:56.321
VERY GOOD AND I WOULDN\'T HAVE
ANY PROBLEMS
00:48:56.321 --> 00:48:58.365
GETTING A JOB ANYWHERE ELSE.
00:48:58.365 --> 00:49:03.203
- WE BELIEVED THAT THE ECONOMY
WAS GOING TO BURGEON.
00:49:03.203 --> 00:49:06.164
IT WOULD BE SPLENDID.
WE WOULD REBUILD THE CITIES.
00:49:06.164 --> 00:49:08.375
WE WOULD DO ALL THESE THINGS
BECAUSE, BEFORE THE WAR,
00:49:08.375 --> 00:49:10.919
WE DIDN\'T HAVE
ALL THESE SKILLED PEOPLE.
00:49:10.919 --> 00:49:14.881
BUT NOW WE HAD--
THE WAR WOULD BE OVER,
00:49:14.881 --> 00:49:18.009
IT WOULD BE TIME TO DO ALL
THE GOOD AND BEAUTIFUL THINGS
00:49:18.009 --> 00:49:21.304
FOR AMERICA
BECAUSE FASCISM WAS DESTROYED.
00:49:21.304 --> 00:49:24.849
[dramatic music]
00:49:24.849 --> 00:49:27.519
- ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS,
00:49:27.519 --> 00:49:29.854
BUSINESSMEN HAVE BEEN
BUCKLING DOWN TO THE WORK
00:49:29.854 --> 00:49:31.690
OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING.
00:49:31.690 --> 00:49:34.025
HOW THE CHANGEOVER
TO PRODUCTION FOR PEACE
00:49:34.025 --> 00:49:37.696
CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT
EVEN A TEMPORARY BREAKDOWN.
00:49:37.696 --> 00:49:39.197
AT THE SAME TIME,
00:49:39.197 --> 00:49:41.324
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
ARE FACED WITH THE TASK
00:49:41.324 --> 00:49:43.868
OF HAVING TO FIND JOBS
FOR RETURNING VETERANS
00:49:43.868 --> 00:49:46.329
WHO ARE NOW BEING DISCHARGED
FROM THE SERVICES
00:49:46.329 --> 00:49:48.373
AT THE RATE OF 70,000
A MONTH.
00:49:48.373 --> 00:49:50.542
- HOW DO YOU DO, MR. WATSON?
- HOW DO YOU DO?
00:49:50.542 --> 00:49:52.043
- I HAVE ALL YOUR PAPERS HERE.
00:49:52.043 --> 00:49:54.212
YOU TAKE THIS SLIP
OVER TO BISHOP\'S.
00:49:54.212 --> 00:49:56.715
THEY NEED A MAN
IN THE TOOL CHECKING ROOM THERE.
00:49:56.715 --> 00:49:59.175
I KNOW YOU\'RE QUALIFIED.
00:49:59.175 --> 00:50:01.219
AND YOU\'RE FIRST.
- WELL, THANKS A LOT.
00:50:01.219 --> 00:50:03.763
- INFORMED INDUSTRIALISTS
BELIEVE THAT,
00:50:03.763 --> 00:50:05.599
WITH THE COMING OF PEACE,
00:50:05.599 --> 00:50:07.892
THERE WILL BE A MARKET
FOR ALL THEY CAN PRODUCE,
00:50:07.892 --> 00:50:11.187
NOT ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES,
BUT ABROAD.
00:50:11.187 --> 00:50:14.065
AND, PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANT,
THOSE UNDERDEVELOPED REGIONS
00:50:14.065 --> 00:50:15.525
OF ASIA AND AFRICA,
00:50:15.525 --> 00:50:17.861
TO WHOSE PEOPLE WAR HAS BROUGHT
NEW GLIMPSES
00:50:17.861 --> 00:50:19.904
OF MODERN INDUSTRIAL
CIVILIZATION.
00:50:19.904 --> 00:50:21.740
FROM THESE LANDS
00:50:21.740 --> 00:50:24.117
CAN COME RAW MATERIALS
AMERICAN INDUSTRIES
00:50:24.117 --> 00:50:26.202
ALREADY CONSUME
IN VAST QUANTITIES.
00:50:26.202 --> 00:50:28.913
ALL SURVEYS HAVE REVEALED
00:50:28.913 --> 00:50:31.291
AN IMMENSE DEMAND
AMONG THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
00:50:31.291 --> 00:50:32.709
FOR CONSUMERS\' GOODS.
00:50:32.709 --> 00:50:34.669
- THE FIRST THING
I\'M GOING TO DO AFTER THE WAR
00:50:34.669 --> 00:50:38.423
IS GET A VACUUM CLEANER
AND A MAID TO RUN IT.
00:50:38.423 --> 00:50:41.301
- MILLIONS OF AMERICANS,
THE SURVEYS SHOW,
00:50:41.301 --> 00:50:44.054
ARE WAITING FOR A CHANCE
TO BUY THE NEW PRODUCTS
00:50:44.054 --> 00:50:46.765
AND NEW GADGETS THEY HAVE BEEN
TOLD WILL MAKE LIFE EASIER
00:50:46.765 --> 00:50:50.769
AND PLEASANTER.
00:50:50.769 --> 00:50:53.938
TODAY INDUSTRIALISTS ARE
RESOLVED THAT ALL EMPLOYABLE
00:50:53.938 --> 00:50:55.649
MEN AND WOMEN,
00:50:55.649 --> 00:50:57.150
ALL HOMECOMING VETERANS,
00:50:57.150 --> 00:50:59.819
SHALL FIND THE POSTWAR JOBS
00:50:59.819 --> 00:51:02.322
THAT WILL SECURE FOR THEM
THEIR SELF-RESPECT,
00:51:02.322 --> 00:51:07.952
THEIR LIVING,
AND THEIR NATION\'S FUTURE.
00:51:07.952 --> 00:51:09.412
- THEY WANTED TO PUT
THE WOMEN IN SEWING,
00:51:09.412 --> 00:51:12.040
BECAUSE, IN SPECIFYING
THAT THEY HAD TO USE
00:51:12.040 --> 00:51:14.542
THESE SEWING POWER MACHINES,
00:51:14.542 --> 00:51:16.753
THEY KNEW A LOT OF WOMEN
DIDN\'T KNOW HOW TO USE THEM.
00:51:16.753 --> 00:51:19.798
AND THEY JUST GIVE YOU
YOUR MATERIAL AND SAY,
00:51:19.798 --> 00:51:21.591
\"THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO,\"
00:51:21.591 --> 00:51:23.426
AND THEY COME BACK
IN A FEW MINUTES,
00:51:23.426 --> 00:51:24.678
AND, \"THIS IS ALL YOU GOT DONE?\"
00:51:24.678 --> 00:51:27.972
MAYBE YOU FINALLY MANAGED
TO SEE WHAT GOES WHERE
00:51:27.972 --> 00:51:30.141
AND MAYBE DO IT A LITTLE BIT,
AND THEN THEY--RIGHT AWAY
00:51:30.141 --> 00:51:32.644
THEY\'LL DISQUALIFY YOU,
\'CAUSE, WELL,
00:51:32.644 --> 00:51:34.145
\"YOU\'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE
GET SOMETHING YOU CAN DO,
00:51:34.145 --> 00:51:36.022
\'CAUSE YOU CAN\'T DO THIS.\"
00:51:36.022 --> 00:51:38.066
- THERE WAS AN AD IN THE PAPER,
AND I HEARD TOO
00:51:38.066 --> 00:51:40.985
THAT THEY WERE NEEDING WELDERS
AT MARE ISLAND.
00:51:40.985 --> 00:51:43.488
SO I TOOK MY CARD
AND ALL MY CREDENTIALS
00:51:43.488 --> 00:51:44.948
AND EVERYTHING,
AND I WENT OUT THERE,
00:51:44.948 --> 00:51:46.574
AND I LAID MY PAPERS
ON THE DESK,
00:51:46.574 --> 00:51:50.328
AND HE LOOKED AT \'EM,
AND HE SAID, \"ALL RIGHT.\"
00:51:50.328 --> 00:51:52.288
HE SAID, \"IF YOU WAS A MAN,
WE\'D HIRE YOU,
00:51:52.288 --> 00:51:54.332
BUT WE CAN\'T HIRE YOU.
YOU\'RE A WOMAN.\"
00:51:54.332 --> 00:51:56.167
- THE BIGGEST THING I FELT
00:51:56.167 --> 00:51:58.628
WAS THE FACT THAT NOW
I HAD JUST TO GO BACK
00:51:58.628 --> 00:52:01.256
TO THE FIELD OF SEARCHING
FOR ANOTHER JOB
00:52:01.256 --> 00:52:02.841
TO MAKE A LIVING
00:52:02.841 --> 00:52:05.593
WITH NO INCOME,
NO NOTHING COMING IN,
00:52:05.593 --> 00:52:08.138
AND YOU\'RE WALKING THE STREET,
GOING FROM PLACE TO PLACE
00:52:08.138 --> 00:52:09.681
LOOKING FOR A JOB.
00:52:09.681 --> 00:52:13.143
IT WASN\'T LIKE A DANCE
IN AN OPERA.
00:52:13.143 --> 00:52:16.896
THE MEN CAME HOME BEAT UP.
THE MEN CAME HOME WITH PROBLEMS.
00:52:16.896 --> 00:52:19.649
THEY GAVE THEM FREE ADS
IN THE NEWSPAPERS
00:52:19.649 --> 00:52:22.360
LOOKING FOR JOBS.
IT WAS PATHETIC.
00:52:22.360 --> 00:52:25.071
AND WE WERE NO LONGER
COMRADES IN ARMS.
00:52:25.071 --> 00:52:27.365
WE WERE COMPETITORS
FOR WHAT LITTLE THERE WAS.
00:52:27.365 --> 00:52:31.035
IT WAS A VERY SHARP CONTRAST
INDEED,
00:52:31.035 --> 00:52:32.912
BECAUSE THERE WAS
A LOT OF MONEY AROUND,
00:52:32.912 --> 00:52:35.039
BUT IT WASN\'T IN OUR POCKETS.
00:52:35.039 --> 00:52:38.501
I SORT OF WENT
TO A FEW PLACES,
00:52:38.501 --> 00:52:40.879
WALKED AROUND,
LOOKED UP NAMES,
00:52:40.879 --> 00:52:45.049
WENT TO THE STATE EMPLOYMENT
AGENCY,
00:52:45.049 --> 00:52:47.385
BUT THERE WERE NO WELDING JOBS.
00:52:47.385 --> 00:52:50.054
AND THEN I STARTED TO WALK
AROUND MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD
00:52:50.054 --> 00:52:52.682
IN BROOKLYN,
AND I WENT INTO ONE PLACE
00:52:52.682 --> 00:52:56.144
WHERE THEY USED TO DO
ORNAMENTAL IRONWORK,
00:52:56.144 --> 00:52:58.730
AND I GUESS
THEY HAD WAR CONTRACTS,
00:52:58.730 --> 00:53:01.483
AND I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE THIS
WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS,
00:53:01.483 --> 00:53:04.736
IT WAS GONNA CONTINUE, BUT THEY
REALLY JUST LAUGHED AT ME.
00:53:04.736 --> 00:53:07.781
IT WAS THE SAME OLD THING.
00:53:07.781 --> 00:53:10.784
IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW,
BEING A WOMAN,
00:53:10.784 --> 00:53:13.787
IT WAS OVER FOR US, YES.
00:53:18.082 --> 00:53:20.210
- THE FAMILY WAS SOLIDLY FOUNDED
ON THE FATHER
00:53:20.210 --> 00:53:22.253
AS PATRIARCH AND BREADWINNER
00:53:22.253 --> 00:53:24.631
AND ON THE MOTHER AS COOK,
HOUSEKEEPER,
00:53:24.631 --> 00:53:27.467
AND NURSE OF THE CHILDREN.
00:53:27.467 --> 00:53:29.552
ONE OF THE TRENDS
OF MODERN LIFE
00:53:29.552 --> 00:53:31.429
WHICH HAS BEEN CITED
AS MOST DISRUPTIVE
00:53:31.429 --> 00:53:37.060
OF MARRIAGE IS THE INCREASING
ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE OF WOMEN.
00:53:37.060 --> 00:53:40.605
TODAY U.S. INDUSTRY IS EMPLOYING
HUNDREDS OF WOMEN WHO,
00:53:40.605 --> 00:53:42.148
BEFORE THE WAR,
WERE HOMEMAKERS
00:53:42.148 --> 00:53:44.400
DEVOTING THEIR FULL TIME
TO THEIR FAMILIES
00:53:44.400 --> 00:53:47.111
AND THEIR FAMILY
RESPONSIBILITIES.
00:53:47.111 --> 00:53:49.781
EVERYWHERE, CHILDREN OF WORKING
PARENTS ARE BEING LEFT
00:53:49.781 --> 00:53:54.327
WITHOUT ADEQUATE SUPERVISION
OR RESTRAINT.
00:53:58.164 --> 00:54:00.458
TODAY THE WOMAN
WITH THE POSITION IN BUSINESS
00:54:00.458 --> 00:54:04.504
EQUAL TO A SUCCESSFUL MAN\'S
IS ECONOMICALLY ABLE
00:54:04.504 --> 00:54:06.756
TO TERMINATE HER MARRIAGE
IF SHE IS SO MINDED
00:54:06.756 --> 00:54:09.884
SINCE SHE IS
HER OWN BREADWINNER.
00:54:09.884 --> 00:54:12.971
BUT ARE SUCH WOMEN
REALLY BETTER OFF?
00:54:12.971 --> 00:54:17.141
STRONGLY AGAINST CAREERS FOR
WOMEN IS DR. MARYNIA FARNHAM,
00:54:17.141 --> 00:54:18.768
NOTED PHYSICIAN AND COAUTHOR
00:54:18.768 --> 00:54:22.522
OF THE BESTSELLER
MODERN WOMAN: THE LOST SEX.
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- CATASTROPHIC SOCIAL FORCES
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HAVE PROPELLED AMERICAN WOMEN
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AWAY FROM FEMININITY
AND INTO CAREERS
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AT TERRIFIC COST
TO THEMSELVES AND SOCIETY.
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ABANDONING THEIR FEMININE ROLE
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HAS MADE WOMEN UNHAPPY BECAUSE
IT HAS MADE THEM FRUSTRATED.
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IT HAS MADE CHILDREN UNHAPPY
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BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE
MATERNAL LOVE,
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AND IT HAS MADE
THEIR HUSBANDS UNHAPPY
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BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE
REAL WOMEN AS PARTNERS.
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INSTEAD, THEIR WIVES
HAVE BECOME THEIR RIVALS.
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- THEY HAD SOLD US
A BILL OF GOODS.
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THEY HAVE TRAINED US.
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WE DID WHAT WE HAD
REALLY BEEN SET OUT TO DO.
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AND EVERYTHING ELSE
WAS SOMETHING
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THAT WE HAD WISHED TO DO.
THERE WERE NO PLANS...
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WHEREVER THESE PLANS ARE MADE,
TO KEEP US.
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AND THIS WAS VERY CLEAR
TO ME BY THEN.
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SO I JUST TOOK MY NEXT STEP
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BECAUSE I WAS A WORKING PERSON.
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NOT ONLY A WELDER,
I WAS A WORKING PERSON,
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SOMEONE WHO HAD TO KEEP WORKING.
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- YOU HAVE A LOT
OF RESPONSIBILITIES,
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ESPECIALLY A WIDOW WOMAN,
A LONE WOMAN.
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MY CHILDREN
HAD TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
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AND I\'D BOUGHT A LITTLE HOME.
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IT HAD TO BE PAID FOR.
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I HAD TO GET A JOB
SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW.
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I KNEW THAT.
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SO THAT\'S WHAT I WAS THINKING
ABOUT WHEN I LEFT THERE.
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I GOT A JOB IN A RESTAURANT
WORKING IN THE KITCHEN.
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HOT, HARD WORK.
HEAVY LIFTING.
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IT WAS A LOT HARDER
THAN WORKING IN THE SHIPYARD
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AND A LOT LESS PAY.
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I WORKED THERE 17 YEARS
IN THAT BIG KITCHEN,
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17 YEARS TO THE DAY.
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- I HAD A DAUGHTER
I HAD TO FEED.
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SO AFTER I COULDN\'T GET
THESE OTHER JOBS,
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WELL, THEN I HAD TO FALL BACK
ON THE ONLY OTHER THING I KNEW,
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AND THAT WAS DOING
DOMESTIC WORK,
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AND IT WAS A VERY DEFEATING
THING FOR ME, VERY.
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- I GOT A JOB
IN COSGRAVE\'S DEPARTMENT STORE
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WORKING AS A STOCK GIRL.
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WELL, THEY HAD BLACK PEOPLE
WORKING IN THE STORES,
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BUT THEY ALL WORKED
BEHIND THE SCENES,
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IN THE TOILETS AS MAIDS,
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IN THE STOCKROOMS
AS HANGING UP STOCK
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AND KEEPING THE STOCK
IN ORDER,
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PRESSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
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NO, THEY DIDN\'T EVEN HAVE
PRESSERS.
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- SO I WENT TO THE AIRPORT
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AND GOT A JOB OUT THERE
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RIGHT BACK IN THE CAFETERIA.
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AND I COULD ALWAYS GET
THESE JOBS,
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EVEN THOUGH I DIDN\'T WANT \'EM,
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BUT ANY TIME
THERE\'S A RESTAURANT JOB
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OR A DISHWASHING JOB
OR COOKING JOB,
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I ALWAYS FELT LIKE BLACKS
COULD ALWAYS GET THOSE,
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\'CAUSE THEY SAVE
THOSE JOBS FOR US.
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- I DID MIMEOGRAPHING,
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AND THEN THEY TOOK IN A NEW
MACHINE CALLED DEXIGRAPHING,
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AND THAT WAS
SORT OF INTERESTING.
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THEY TAUGHT ME DARKROOM WORK.
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I LIKED WELDING BETTER
BECAUSE IT WAS A SPECIAL THING.
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AS I SAID,
AT THE END OF THE DAY,
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I ALWAYS FELT
I ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING.
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IT WAS GOOD.
THERE WAS A PRODUCT.
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THERE WAS SOMETHING TO BE SEEN.
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IT COULD HAVE BEEN--IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN THE SAME WAY--
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WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE WAR.
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ALL I REALLY WANTED
WAS ONE DAY TO MAKE
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A VERY BEAUTIFUL
ORNAMENTAL GATE.
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THAT WAS SOMETHING
I WANTED TO DO.
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I STILL THINK OF IT--ABOUT IT.
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WHEN I PASS A BEAUTIFUL GATE,
I SAY,
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\"WAS THAT SO MUCH TO WANT?\"
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[dramatic music]
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♪
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- IN THE PAST YEAR, AN ESTIMATED
1 1/4 MILLION NEW FAMILIES
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AND HOUSEHOLDS WERE ESTABLISHED.
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TO THESE AND OTHER FAMILIES,
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ALMOST 4 MILLION BABIES
WERE BORN LAST YEAR,
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REPRESENTING A RISE
OF MORE THAN 50%
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IN THE U.S. BIRTHRATE
OVER THAT OF PREWAR YEARS,
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FOR MARRIAGE AND THE FOUNDING
OF A FAMILY HOLD OUT TODAY
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AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE
A GREATER PROMISE
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OF SELF-REALIZATION
THAN ANY OTHER COURSE IN LIFE.
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- OH, YES, YES,
EVERYBODY WAS HAVING BABIES.
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I MEAN, AFTER THE WAR,
MY GOD.
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IT WAS LIKE A DELUGE OF BABIES.
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WHEN I WENT TO HAVE
MY FIRST BABY,
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THERE WASN\'T EVEN ROOM.
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PEOPLE WERE HAVING--
WERE DOING LABOR IN THE HALLS.
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I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY--
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
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OH, YES, EVERYBODY,
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EVERYBODY AND HER SISTER
WAS HAVING A BABY.
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- THE ARTICLES IN THE MAGAZINES
CHANGED.
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THEY STARTED TELLING YOU
HOW TO COOK THINGS
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THAT TOOK A LONG TIME,
YOU KNOW.
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DURING THE WAR,
THEY WAS TELLING YOU
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HOW TO COOK DISHES
THAT YOU COULD COOK QUICK
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AND GET ON TO WORK.
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NOW THEY WERE TELLING YOU
HOW TO COOK DISHES
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THAT TOOK A FULL DAY.
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THERE WERE MORE ARTICLES
IN THERE
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ABOUT RAISING YOUR CHILDREN
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AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT
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OF YOUR CHILDREN.
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THEY NEVER MENTIONED THAT,
YOU KNOW,
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ANY PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
BEFORE THE WAR.
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THE MOVIES CHANGED TO ROMANTIC,
KIND OF MACHO WARS.
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THE MAN WAS BACK HOME.
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AND THE WOMAN WAS SUBMISSIVE,
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AND THE MAN WAS MACHO.
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BEFORE, BOTH OF THEM
WAS MACHO.
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THE NURSE WAS DYING
WITH THE SOLDIER IN THE FIELD.
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NOW IT WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT--
A WHOLE DIFFERENT TACT
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AND A WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND
OF PROPAGANDA
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TO LET WOMEN KNOW
WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING.
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- I KNOW THAT LOTS OF THE WOMEN
WHO WENT TO TRAINING WITH ME
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AND WHO WORKED WITH ME
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BELIEVED THAT WE WERE
THE NEW WOMAN.
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WE BELIEVED IT.
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I THINK TO AMERICA AT LARGE,
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WHILE THEY MAY HAVE KNOWN
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WHAT OUR CONTRIBUTION WAS
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TO THE PRODUCTION
OF THIS COUNTRY,
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WE WERE LARGELY A JOKE,
A BIG JOKE,
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A SHAPELY GIRL WITH A HOT SIGN
ON HER PANTS,
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A GIRL WHO WAS QUIVERING
FOR HER MAN TO COME HOME
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AND GO BACK TO THE KITCHEN.
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THAT\'S EXACTLY THE PICTURE
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THAT WAS GIVEN,
AND I THINK
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THAT THEY PREPARE WOMEN
PSYCHOLOGICALLY
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FOR WHATEVER ROLE
THE SOCIETY FEELS
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AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT
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THEY WANT HER TO PLAY.
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AFTER LOSING SO MANY MEN,
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AMERICA WANTED BABIES.
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AND WE WANTED BABIES.
IT\'S OKAY.
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BUT WE GAVE UP EVERYTHING
FOR THAT.
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WE GAVE UP EVERYTHING.
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[mellow big band music]
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♪
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- WE WERE REALLY A REALLY
SMART-LOOKING GROUP OF LADIES,
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AND WE ALL LOVED ONE ANOTHER.
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AND I HOPE FOR THAT FEELING
IN THIS COUNTRY AGAIN,
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BUT NOT FOR A WAR.
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[Rosie the Riveter]
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[upbeat scatting]
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♪
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- ♪ WHILE OTHER GIRLS ATTEND
THEIR FAVORITE COCKTAIL BAR ♪
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♪ SIPPING DRY MARTINIS,
MUNCHING CAVIAR ♪
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♪ THERE\'S A GIRL WHO\'S REALLY
PUTTING THEM TO SHAME ♪
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♪ ROSIE IS HER NAME
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♪ ALL THE DAY LONG,
WHETHER RAIN OR SHINE ♪
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♪ SHE\'S A PART
OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE ♪
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♪ SHE\'S MAKING HISTORY,
WORKING FOR VICTORY ♪
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♪ ROSIE, RRRRR,
THE RIVETER ♪
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♪ KEEPS A SHARP LOOKOUT
FOR SABOTAGE ♪
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♪ SITTING UP THERE
ON THE FUSELAGE ♪
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♪ THAT LITTLE FRAIL CAN DO
MORE THAN A MALE CAN DO ♪
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♪ ROSIE, RRRRR, THE RIVETER
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♪ ROSIE\'S GOT A BOYFRIEND,
CHARLIE ♪
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♪ CHARLIE, HE\'S A MARINE
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♪ ROSIE IS PROTECTING CHARLIE
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♪ WORKING OVERTIME
ON THE RIVETING MACHINE ♪
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♪ WHEN THEY GAVE HER
A PRODUCTION E ♪
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♪ SHE WAS AS PROUD
AS A GIRL COULD BE ♪
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♪ THERE\'S SOMETHING TRUE ABOUT,
RED, WHITE, AND BLUE ABOUT ♪
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♪ ROSIE, RRRRR, THE RIVETER
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♪ EVERYONE STOPS
TO ADMIRE THE SCENE ♪
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♪ ROSIE AT WORK ON THE B-19
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- ♪ SHE\'S NEVER TWITTERY,
NERVOUS OR JITTERY ♪
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- ♪ ROSIE, ROSIE,
THE RIVETER ♪
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♪