The Riveter - Spring 2023 Newsletter from Rosie the Riveter Trust

/ Photo courtesy of Eric Chiu, Hamilton+ Aitken Architects, with painting in foreground by Tom “Mickey” Powers

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

PRESIDENT

Michelle Fadelli

VICE PRESIDENT

Warren R. Harber

TREASURER

Kyle Wichelmann

SECRETARY

Jane Bartke

Tom Butt

Mark Cameron

Diane M. Hedler

Lynne Horiuchi

Ebony Lewis

Scott Tandy

Nicholas Targ

BOARD SUPPORT

Philip B. Young

PRO BONO LEGAL COUNSEL

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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.

TRUST STAFF

Sarah Pritchard

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sarah Jo James DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Leo Cuevas

PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

Molli Fagan

PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER

SUPPORT BY

Martha Henderson

COMMUNICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

Amy Tanner

DONOR ENGAGEMENT OFFICER

Nathan Avots-Smith

DATABASE AND OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

Lisa Foote

SPECIAL PROJECTS

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

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!

— Sarah Pritchard

The Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park was established in 2000 as

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.

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

the flagship park to tell the World War II home front story.

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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

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.

(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

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

225 Youth were served in Park and Trust programs

VISITORS

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

22 Total events

4 Speaking engagements

4 Rosie Presents! webinars

8 Community tabling events

6 Trust hosted events

4,279

Total social media followers

2,400 Facebook

914 Twitter

881 Instagram

84 LinkedIn

37,359 People visited the Visitor Education Center

3

Construction companies received a Rosie the Riveter Certification Award (Inaugural year)

660 YouTube channel views

 Programs $ 700,244  Fundraising $ 230,163  Operations $ 173,726 Total $ 1,104,133

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

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

(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

Rosie the Riveter Trust

P.O. Box 71126

Richmond, CA 94807-1126

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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.

6

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.

FOR

Save the Date for the 2023 Trust Gala!

Saturday, September 23

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

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

Celebrating Rosie the Riveter Day!

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