Dr. Frances Carter is a real life Rosie the Riveter. In 1941, when Pearl Harbor was attached, Carter left her studies to become a teacher to work in a Birmingham B-29 refurbishing factory. Join The STEM Class Podcast host Anthony Arno, as he talks with Carter about not only her life as a Rosie the Riveter, but as an educator as well.
Highlights from the show include:
- Growing up during the Depression
- Remembering December 7, 1941
- Job responsibilities as a Rosie the Riveter
- Wearing pants and lipstick to work as a woman
- Opening up the STEM door for women in the workplace
- Meeting her husband, John Carter
- John proposes to Fran while serving in the US Army in France
- The American Rosie the Riveter Club
- Annual American Rosie the Riveter Conference
- Famous Rosie the Riveter posters
- What todays generation can learn from the WW II generation
- Good advice for teachers today
- Celebrity status as a Rosie the Riveter