A Rebel "Rosie the Riveter"?!

[BettyO]

This was news to me -- Mrs. General James Longstreet (Helen Dortch Longstreet) worked at Atlanta's Bell Aircraft Plant during WWII. She assisted the US war effort working as a Riveter at the plant. "The best in her class" as she reported....

She was 34 years old when she married the then-widowed General who was 76. Mrs. Longstreet would go on to uphold her husband's name, and was a real "suffergette" working as a reporter, writer, editor, post office mistress, librarian and politician. She also enjoyed driving her own car at age 80. She died in 1962 at the ripe old age of 99....

www.historybyzim.com

   

   

   

[Gene C]

That's very interesting BettyO. There is an interesting article about her - starts on page 37 - with pictures in the Life Magazine edition of December 27, 1943.

I couldn't figure out how to post it, perhaps someone can figure it out.
Here's the link to it though. https://books.google.com/books?id=1lYEAA...&q&f=false

[RJNorton]

Gene, I can post it if someone has a .pdf copy of the article and can send it to me. Betty, thanks for posting - fascinating!