The Riveter - Spring 2023 Newsletter from Rosie the Riveter Trust

News from Rosie the Riveter Trust

Children’s Art from the Home Front on Display

National Park Service classroom exhibit at the the Maritime Child Development Center, Richmond, CA. / Photo courtesy of Eric Chiu, Hamilton+ Aitken Architects, with painting in foreground by Tom “Mickey” Powers

Spring 2023

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ROSIE THE RIVETER TRUST celebrates the stories of sacrifice, opportunity, and profound social change that took place in America during World War II. As the official nonprofit partner of Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park located in Richmond, California, we help honor the strong work ethic of people from all backgrounds who worked on the home front. Through historic preservation and educational programming, we inspire people to learn from history and apply those lessons in today’s world.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Letitia D. Moore

TRUST STAFF Sarah Pritchard

Michelle Fadelli

Sarah Jo James

PRESIDENT

VICE PRESIDENT

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Warren R. Harber

Leo Cuevas

TREASURER

PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

Kyle Wichelmann

Molli Fagan

SECRETARY

PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER

Jane Bartke Tom Butt Mark Cameron Diane M. Hedler Lynne Horiuchi Ebony Lewis Scott Tandy Nicholas Targ BOARD SUPPORT Philip B. Young

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

SUPPORT BY Martha Henderson

COMMUNICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

Amy Tanner

DONOR ENGAGEMENT OFFICER

— Sarah Pritchard

Nathan Avots-Smith

DATABASE AND OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

PRO BONO LEGAL COUNSEL

Lisa Foote

SPECIAL PROJECTS

510-507-2276 / info@rosietheriveter.org rosietheriveter.org

The Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park was established in 2000 as the flagship park to tell the World War II home front story.

VISITOR EDUCATION CENTER OPEN EVERY DAY, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Closed Thanksgiving, December 25, and New Years Day) 1414 Harbour Way South, Ste. 3000, (Oil House), Richmond, CA 94804 510-232-5050 ext. 0 nps.gov/rori

OUR PUBLIC AGENCY PARTNER The National Park Service was created in 1916 to preserve America’s natural, cultural and scenic treasures and to provide for their enjoyment by future generations.

EDITOR: Martha Henderson DESIGN: Mark Briggs Design PRINTING: Autumn Press with soy-based inks on recycled paper PHOTOS PAGE 2: Courtesy of NPS/RORI; Child’s painting courtesy

of the Richmond History & Culture Museum.

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Greetings! Last year, we experienced tremendous growth in the Trust’s visibility, voice and partnership opportunities. Your generous support by way of volunteering, individual gifts, corporate/company donations, public and private grants, and support of our successful Rosie Gala allowed us to engage more youth and expand park projects. Thank you for all the ways that you help Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park share the inspiring history of profound social change that took place in America during WWII. Please see our annual report on pages 6–7.

I am excited to welcome you to celebrate Riveter Days where there will be a number of home front history-inspired events starting on March 17 and leading up to Rosie the Riveter Day on March 21. Riveter Days kicks off with an art opening reception at the Maritime Child Development Center, co-hosted with the Richmond Museum of History & Culture.

The exhibit includes art work by children who were cared for at the Maritime during the home front years (see pages 4–5). The National Park exhibit classroom will also be open during the open house.

I hope you’ll come if you live in the area.

Enjoy this issue of The Riveter and I hope to see you at a Park and Trust event this year!

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FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT This year is off to a great start, full of the promise, fresh starts and a lot of We Can Do It! spirit. There is just so much good work ahead, packed with opportunity and meaning.

To begin with, we have a new lead ranger at the park, and we couldn’t be more excited. Cecelia Thiel came to us having worked in national parks all over the West.

Her work has been as varied as her geography, so we are getting a great deal of experience packed into one ranger! Stop by the Visitor Education Center and quiz her on anthropology/ archaeology, cultural astronomy and archeoastronomy (you can ask her!). Her arrival brings new energy, enthusiasm and, of course, capacity to keep building our excellent interpretive, educational and community outreach programs.

Especially exciting – we are welcoming the return of fourth grade students in the park this year! We will bring more than 1,200 fourth graders here during the school year coming primarily from Title 1 public schools in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. Their experiences with us will be multi-faceted: a pre-visit in person or virtual class with a ranger; an in-person visit to the park’s Visitor Education Center to learn WWII home front history, including a 1-mile hike along the San Francisco Bay Trail to explore natural history and climate-related impacts, and receive “Every Kid Outdoors” free passes for their families to visit national parks; and, finally, a follow-up classroom session to explore and enhance what they have learned. For many, this will be the students’ first-ever national park experience.

For all, we hope, it will be an amazing one.

This is the kind of meaningful work the Trust and the park can achieve together. Thank you for helping us make it possible!

— K. Lynn Berry

VISIT PARK EVENTS

Events and dates are subject to change.

For up-to-date schedules and more information, please see the calendar on the Park website at nps.gov/rori or call the Visitor Education Center at 510-232-5050. The Center is open every day from 10 am to 5 pm, and entry is free.

Betty Reid Soskin with (left to right) National Park Service Director Charles “Chuck” Sams III; Marian Wynn; K. Lynn Berry, National Park Service Superintendent; Marian Sousa; and Frank Lands, Regional Director for Parks in the Pacific West. / Luther Bauley, NPS

How has the WWII home front history inspired you?

When you plan for a legacy gift for Rosie the Riveter Trust, you help Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park continue to bring stories, films, historical artifacts and interactive displays to young people, researchers, and visitors from all over the world.

Legacy gifts can be simple to set up and some provide an income stream for you or your loved ones today. Below are the most common forms of legacy gifts.

• Specify a Bequest in Your Will or Revocable Living Trust • Retirement Funds Beneficiary • Charitable Gift Annuity Keep the spirit and determination of Rosie the Riveters and all the home front workers firing the imaginations and community spirit of our current and future generations. Please consider whether a legacy gift is right for you.

If you would like more information, please contact: Sarah Pritchard, Executive Director, Rosie the Riveter Trust, info@rosietheriveter.org or 510-507-2276.

Rosie Fridays Fridays, 10:30 and 11:30 am Meet our Rosie Ambassadors, real WWII home front workers. The program is held in the Visitor Center theater and is dependent on how our Rosies are feeling.

Betty Reid Soskin’s Virtual Program Join us for virtual chats with Betty, in her new position as a Park volunteer on Thursdays from 2 to 3 pm PT, dependent on her availability. Check the calendar at nps.gov/rori for the virtual meeting link.

Blossoms and Thorns Fridays, 2:00 pm This informative film focuses on Richmond’s Japanese-American citizens who were incarcerated during the Second World War. For the monthly discussions, presenters from the Japanese American Citizens League come to share their own experiences as children in the camps.

Volunteer with Us! Rosie the Riveter Trust relies on friendly and talented volunteers for a variety of roles. We are looking for Committee members, help in the Visitor Center Gift Shop, and assistance in our office.

If you’re interested in getting involved, please call our office at 510-507-2276 or email us at info@rosietheriveter.org!

Rosie the Riveter Trust is not licensed to provide legal, tax, or investment advice. The information in this article is only intended to provide an overview of ways to make a charitable gift through your estate.

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Celebrating a Visionary Early Childhood Development Model Maritime Child Development Center

Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, many women entered the paid workforce to contribute to the war effort. Though this employment fulfilled the country’s need for production, it created a shortage of care for young children.

Centers such as the ones developed by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company and the Richmond City School District in Richmond, California, advanced the ideas of progressive childcare and provided a nurturing environment for children in a time of flux.

Photos (above, opposite top) courtesy of Eric Chiu, Hamilton+ Aitken Architects; Child’s paintings courtesy of the Richmond History & Culture Museum

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The children’s daily routine included art appreciation, reading, music, stories, hygiene lessons, nutritious hot meals and plenty of vigorous exercise – a model that offered working women a quality preschool education previously available only to the wealthiest families and one that would eventually prove to make a significant difference in children’s achievement. Today, preschool is recognized as an essential addition to a child’s early development.

Monica Haley, art director of the Richmond child­ care centers, developed an educational philosophy highlighting creative engagement as a route to mental and social development. Haley saved more than 5,000-plus pieces of children’s art and donated the entire art collection to the Richmond Museum of History & Culture.

A selection of children’s art from Haley’s collection will be on display in various locations throughout Richmond in the spring. This project is made possible by a generous Neighborhood Public Art (NPA) mini-grant from the Richmond Arts and Culture Commission. Rosie the Riveter Trust will co-host the cross-city exhibit opening reception on March 17.

The exhibit is a colorful and reflective reminder of how critical publicly-funded childcare was to the success of Richmond’s war effort. After the war’s end, the Maritime continued to provide high quality child care to mothers working outside the home until 1966.

Artwork will be on display at various locations including the Maritime, in the Children’s Room at the Richmond Public Library, at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Golden State Model Railroad Museum, SS Red Oak Victory Ship, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Family Justice Center, and the Early Childhood Mental Health Program. This effort is spearheaded by the Richmond Museum of History & Culture and supported by community partners throughout Richmond, including the National Park Service and Rosie the Riveter Trust.

Exhibit Opening Reception March 17, 5:00 – 7:00 pm Maritime Child Development Center 1014 Florida Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804 This event is open to the public. For more information, visit rosietheriveter.org.

(Left to right) From the National Park Service: Gretchen Stromberg, Resource Management and Planning Lead; Cecelia Thiel, Supervisory Interpretation Ranger; Isabel Jenkins Ziegler, Supervisory Museum Curator; K. Lynn Berry, Park Superintendent; From Rosie the Riveter Trust: Leo Cuevas, Program and Community Engagement Manager; From the Richmond Museum of History & Culture: Victoria Stuhr, Collections Manager; Evelyn Santos, Executive Director; and Anne Lackey, volunteer and lead on this exhibit. / Sarah Pritchard SPRING 2023 THE RIVETER

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Rosie the Riveter Trust 2022 Annual Report 2022 was a tremendous year thanks to every supporter, sponsor, and volunteer! Your generosity makes it possible to open opportunities for women and girls in the trades, tech, and sciences and share the We Can Do It! history and spirit with today’s youth, thousands of visitors to the Park, and participants in our outreach programming.

Program Metrics YOUTH PROGRAMS

FILM

PUBLIC OUTREACH

225

Youth were served in Park and Trust programs

The Rosies’ stories were preserved in our latest documentary film, Living History: The Ambassadors of Rosie the Riveter/ WWII Home Front National Historical Park

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VISITORS

ADVOCACY

Total events

4 Speaking engagements 4 Rosie Presents! webinars 8 Community tabling events 6 Trust hosted events

4,279

Total social media followers

37,359

2,400 Facebook 914 Twitter 881 Instagram 84 LinkedIn

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People visited the Visitor Education Center

660

Construction companies received a Rosie the Riveter Certification Award

YouTube channel views

(Inaugural year)

Financials Revenue

Expenses

 Individuals and Organizations

$

264,502

 Programs

$

700,244

 Grants

$

279,050

 Fundraising

$

230,163

 Rosie Gala and Events

$

346,864

 Operations

$

173,726

 Store

$

130,136

 Maritime Center

$

154,186

Total

$ 1,104,133

Total

$ 1,174,739

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Thank You! The Rosie the Riveter Trust is grateful to our generous community of donors. The following list is of donors that gave $250 and above in 2022. The list includes auction purchases.

BETTY THE BOILERMAKER $100,000 and Above International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, combined; contributions for separate entities are listed below in the appropriate categories AGNES THE ARCHITECT $50,000 – $99,999 California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls Mary Renner & Anna Stern – Mary Stern Family Endowment SHIRLEY THE SHIPBUILDER $30,000 – $49,999 City of Richmond Department of Children and Youth DONNA THE DIRECTOR $20,000 – $29,999 Chevron Richmond International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local 549 International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local 92 Kaiser Permanente Western States Boilermakers Investment Fund ROSIE THE RIVETER $10,000 – $19,999 Accenture Bank of Labor Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation East Bay Community Foundation, Anonymous Fund International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Western States Boilermakers Industry Fund WENDY THE WELDER $5,000 – $9,999 California State Pipe Trades Council Deloitte The Honorable Barry Goode Martin Family Foundation The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Northern California Carpenters Regional Council Nova Group, Inc. OneHope Wine* Skanska USA Civil West CA District

Scott & Ginger Tandy Teichert The Permanente Federation UA Local Union 393 – Plumbers, Steamfitters, and HVAC/R Service Technicians Zulu Nyala Group* ELLIE THE ELECTRICIAN $3,000 – $4,999 Osha Ashworth Tom & Heather Baca Bjork Construction Co. Inc. Kathleen Ciula Jan Davis* Warren & Sheryl Harber** IBEW Local Union 595 IBEW Local 6 IBEW Local Union 302 Laura Klieves Martha Lee Marathon Petroleum Mechanics Bank Mark Zemelman WBELLE THE BURNER $2,000 – $2,999 Tom & Shirley Butt – Interactive Resources** Sarah Jo James & Joey Chebib** Kathy & Hady Chebib Columbia Sportswear Company East Bay Municipal Utility District Elegance Travel* Michelle & Paul Fadelli* Julia Massa & Aaron Gershenberg Holland & Knight LLP International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local 627 Jude Kluding Lathers Local 68L Maggiora & Ghilotti, Inc. Letitia D. Moore** Huong On Michelle Owens Plumbers & Steamfitters, Local 159 Richert Lumber Company Cindy Rosser Sheet Metal Workers Local 104 UFCW Women’s Network NELLIE THE NURSE $1,000 – $1,999 Alten Construction, Inc. Autumn Press Dr. Ron & Sue Bachman Hannah Bartee Jane & Richard Bartke

Cathy Brew Byron & Jan Brown Cheryl Buscaglia Carpet & Linoleum Layers Local 12 Jane Castruccio Alide Chase Contra Costa Building and Construction Trades Council Rosemary Corbin Harold Crawford Sandy & Dick Drew The East Creek Fund, Anna Zara & Robert English Glaziers and Glassworkers Local Union 169 Gorgina Halaufia Hafner Vineyard* Diane M. Hedler Lynne Horiuchi, Ph.D. Lia Humphrey* International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local 101 International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local 11 International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local 29 International Association of Iron Workers, Local 378 International Union of Elevator Constructors International Union of Painters and Allied Trades DC 16 Judy Jentzen Kazan McClain Partners’ Foundation Rosalind & Sung-Hou Kim Levin Richmond Terminal Corp Ebony Lewis Larry Margetich BreAnna Martinez McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. Charles C. McKinley & Martha Schaffer David & Fran McNamee Michiko and Ron Hall Giving Fund Miller Starr Regalia Ann & John Nutt Oliver & Company OPEIU Local 30 Michelle Prior* Sarah Pritchard Republic Services Soroptimist International of Richmond Linda Stanley Nicholas Targ & Elise Feldman Teamsters Local 315 The Lucky Six*

Tradewinds Sailing School* Travis Credit Union Michael S. Turrini Scott Victor Wareham Development Kyle Wichelmann Amy Wiser Philip B. Young & Jennifer Scafe LAUNCHERS & RIGGERS $250 – $999 Dee Amaden & Ibrahim Uckung Sukanya Aynakus* Dr. Nicole Barnett Gretchen Bartzen June Masuyama & Harry W. Bergland, Jr Mayan Bomsztyk Karen Buchanan Leila Bulling Towne Carol Bussey Josephine Canterbury Colleen Carrano Nery Castillo-McIntyre Janet Cohn Paulette Collins Elizabeth Colton Martha & Christopher Conner Larry Crooks Peri Curtis Linda A. Della Jan Duffy Cathy and Les Durfee Beverly Blatt & David Filipek David Finger John Flanagan Friends of Virgin Island National Parks* Linda Ghilotti Glenn Custom Framing* Bruce Greenlee Pixie Hayward Schickele Linda Hendley Lenore Hernandez Higgins Hotel and Conference Center* Debby Horton International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local 502 International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local 104 Michele R. James Forrest & Eileen Jang Miriam Joscelyn Alicia and Stuart Kenter Brenda Kiser Rima Kittner Cathy Kornblith Lake Chabot Golf Course* Lynn Maack Bambi Marien Dennis Markham

(From top) Rosie’s Service Corps participants learn to use power tools safely at the SS Red Oak Victory Ship; Today’s Boilermakers at the 2022 Trust gala. / Lisa Foote

Patricia McAdoo Glenne McElhinney Carol McHale Jocelyn Mendoza Thomas & Barbara Metcalf Sonya Meyers Debra Mipos Gerald O’Sullivan Hide & James Oshima Neal Ouye Gigi Pagani Mark Parachini Larry and Rene Paredes Daniel Patterson Connie Pekedis Daneel Perrin Kathryn Peyton Lorelei & Todd Piantedosi Kerry Ramirez Amy Reisch Rooster Run Golf Club* Barbara & Richard Rosenberg Katherine Ryan Charlotte Sakai Anne Schmitz Lauren Selman Sephora* Rachel Shea Helena M. Simmons

Slide Ranch* Sheniece Smith Enoyse Sommer Mollie Star Adam Starr Frank & Barbara Strehlitz StudioPod Media* Eric Tandy Amy Tanner & Peter Khoury The Claremont Hotel Club and Spa* The Infinite Experience* Title Nine* Trefethen Family Vineyards* Melinda & Vahid Vahedi Randy Schekman & Nancy Walls Walter and Ray* Suellen Witham Ronald Ng & Fanny Wong Linda Wright Gary Yost* John & Monique Ziesenhenne** * In-kind donation ** Financial and gift in kind donations

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A sneak peak of what’s inside this issue of The Riveter

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The Maritime Child Development Center provided a groundbreaking preschool program during the war years.

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We’re celebrating our 21 monthly Anchor Donors and more achievements in the Trust’s 2022 Annual Report.

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How has the WWII home front history inspired you?

Consider leaving a legacy gift to support our gem of a national park.

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Come Visit!

Look forward to seeing you in 2023! Check out events at the Park.

IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE ROSIES…

Save the Date for the 2023 Trust Gala!

Saturday, September 23

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Join us for our annual Rosie Gala at the Craneway Pavilion. Tickets go on sale June 23!

Celebrating Rosie the Riveter Day! New Mug Commemorates Home Front Park Sites!

This 15 oz. ceramic mug showcases four iconic sites at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park, with original designs by Bette Tarr, alongside the Park’s logo.

Get your mug at the gift shop at the Visitor Center or at rosietheriveter.org.

March 17 – 21

Friday, March 17, 5:00 pm Children’s Art Exhibit Opening Reception at the Maritime Center Saturday, March 18 Children’s activities, short documentary screenings, community service opportunities, and a Rosie Roll Call – plus much more!

Sunday, March 19 Rosie Night at East Brother Beer Co. For a full slate of all the events, visit rosietheriveter.org