March 28, 2024
'Last of the Rosies' trades rivet gun for STEM
RIVERSIDE – (INT) – Elinor Otto, the ‘Last Rosie the Riveter’, an icon of World War II, has put down her rivet gun and is now teaching young students to become the ‘Rosies’ of the future.

Ms. Otto, now 98, is mentoring and teaching the future military members, encouraging them to be involved in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEM) programs.

She’ll visit March Air Reserve Base on Monday to speak with Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets and board a flight with the Airman and Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 452nd Air Mobility Wing.

Ms. Otto, one of one of the original Rosie the Riveters, built airplanes for 50 years. She retired at the age of 93.

After the war ended, she worked at Ryan Aeronautical Co. in San Diego. Later she was employed at Douglas Aircraft Company, which merged with McDonnell Aircraft, which then became Boeing.

By 2014, Otto had worked on every single C-17 plane at the Boeing plant.
Story Date: December 19, 2017
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