Toiling long hours under the scorching sun, faced with unregulated working conditions, living in a tent, and moving from one location to the next to follow the harvest was the life Esperanza lived as a child. In 1943, as a single parent, Esperanza secured a job as an assembly line worker at Douglas Aircraft, on the night shift.

Meet Amelia Mills LeBlanc, a member of the Bay Mills Ojibwe Tribal Community near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She got her start as a WWII Rosie the Riveter at a National Youth Administration War Production Training Center.

Meet Goldie Scott Simpson of Detroit, who lived a life of service to her community... and also to her country in her role as a Rosie the Riveter at Briggs Manufacturing Co. during World War II.

Meet Virginia Rodriguez Rusch, who was 15 years old when she went to work at Republic Aircraft Products in Detroit. She fibbed about her age so she could solder nose cones for aircraft.

Meet Delphine Klaput, a Rosie the Riveter. During World War II. She worked as a classified documents clerk at the Glenn L. Martin aircraft factory in Baltimore, MD and also at the Western Union offices in Denver, CO.