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We芒聙聶ve heard about Rosie the Riveter and the women who manned America芒聙聶s factories, munitions plants, and shipyards during World War II. Today on "All Sides," we芒聙聶ll hear about the 900 young women recruited as Cadette engineers at Curtiss-Wright airplane plants around the country, including in Columbus. The author of a new book about this long lost aviation history has a personal stake in the story. Hear from her and two of the actual WWII Cadettes, and learn the current status of women engineers in the United States.
Guests
- Jean-Vi Lenthe (historian and author)
- Nova Anderson Weller (Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Engineering Cadette during WWII)
- Margaret Upham (Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Engineering Cadette during WWII)
- Betty Shanahan (Executive Director and CEO, Society of Women Engineers)
Book
For more information on Lenthe's tour, To check out Lenthe's book online,