We love sending out our Michigan Rosies Rosie Teddy Bears to Rosies who are too far to pay an Honor Visit.

Part of our mission is to preserve Rosie and WWII firsthand stories, and we participated in several podcasts and media interviews during 2025, and also partnered with the National WWII Museum in New Orleans to preserve Rosie names and stories.

An important part of our mission is going beyond the costume to deeply educate communities about Rosie the Riveter and World War II. Our executive director, Jeannette Gutierrez, presents to audiences large and small, and sometimes the Real Rosies of WWII come along for the fun and to greet the public.

A wonderful group of volunteers gathered to assemble our annual Michigan Rosies Holiday Mailing. The cards go out to WWII Rosies, WWII Veterans, and our many friends and supporters… a list of over 200!

We had so much fun bringing our WWII Rosies out to Lansing to visit AgroLiquid, and learn a bit more about how women did important work in the agricultural industry during WWII.

Michigan Rosies Executive Director Jeannette Gutierrez presents Congressional Honors to 105-year-old Hester Crawford as part of the Breakfast With the Bishop Salute to Veterans event in Birmingham.

The Michigan Rosies organization was proud to partner with the Pontiac Transportation Museum to produce a Salute to Veterans event at the Museum!

We were so happy to hear that our Michigan Rosies Cards & Letters Program for WWII Rosies and WWII Veterans became a part of UPS Integrad Driver Training this month!

The Michigan Rosies had a great time greeting and educating the public at the Garden City Foodtruck Oktoberfest!

We brought our Michigan Rosies group out to the Henry Ford to see the “Our War Too” exhibit, highlighting the many ways women picthed in to help win World War II.

We paid a Rosie Honor Visit to ‘Rosie’ Betty, who had the fascinating experience of being a helpmate to her husband in running a POW camp in Texas!

We partnered with the National WWII Museum in New Orleans to bring the Gary Sinise Foundation’s Oral Historian out to Michigan to interview 10 of our Michigan Rosies’ WWII Rosie and Veteran friends. They made 3 trips out to Michigan to capture all of the interviews. We are so proud to be a part of preserving history.

We brought our Real WWII Michigan Rosies to the Ypsilanti 4th of July Parade once again to be celebrated by the community! This time, with a community Rosie Brigade, inviting anyone in the community to sign up and march with our Real Rosies.

In keeping with our mission to educate and to preserve Rosie's legacy, we are so proud to share this exclusive Michigan Rosies (Rosie the Riveter Association of Michigan) Ypsilanti Historic WWII Self-guided Tour Map that we created! It offers a self-guided drive and/or stroll through Ypsilanti's rich WWII history centered on Ford's famous Willow Run Bomber Plant and its over 40,000 workers, many of whom were "Rosie the Riveters!"

We brought a small gang of Michigan Rosies friends and supporters, including Michigan Sen. Sue Shink, to see the famous (and privately owned) “Rosie House” in Ypsilanti. Women workers from the Willow Run Bomber Plant lived in this worker boardinghouse during WWII.

Our Michigan Rosies group sends out 4th of July Greetings to all of the wonderful people who have touched our organization, and all of the wonderful people that we have touched. It’s a mailing list of over 200 of our many friends and supporters! Michigan Rosies volunteers gathered (including one real WWII Rosie!) to create a cardmaking assembly line.

Michigan Rosies’ Executive Director Jeannette Gutierrez went along on the Detroit Labor History Bus Tour, and learned a LOT about Detroit’s amazing labor history, and to address the group between stops with some information about Rosie the Riveter.

The Michigan Rosies organization helped expand Garden City Rosie the Riveter Rose Garden with 6 new rosebushes dedicated, each in honor of a treasured local Rosie! Of the 6 Rosies honored this year with a rose, 5 were living Rosies, all between 99 and 102 years old!

The Michigan Rosies group got together with Dearborn Heights seniors to make greeting cards for Veterans of all conflicts, and we were joined by Mayor Mo Beydoun.

We love to bring our Michigan Rosies Real WWII Rosies out into the community, with friends old and new!