Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
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Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park is a United States national historical park located in Richmond, California, near San Francisco.The park preserves and interprets the legacy of the United States home front during World War II, including the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, the Victory ship SS Red Oak Victory, a tank factory, housing developments and other facilities built to support America's entry into World War II.In particular, the role of women and African-Americans in war industries is explored and honored.The park is a partnership park, meaning that no land or buildings are actually owned by the National Park Service, which only administers the park.
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Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
00:00:53 1 Park attractions
00:01:49 1.1 Rosie Memorial
00:03:24 1.2 Ford Richmond Plant
00:04:41 1.3 Richmond Shipyards
00:05:37 1.4 SS iRed Oak Victory/i
00:06:18 1.5 Atchison Village Housing Project
00:08:34 1.6 Kaiser Richmond Field Hospital
00:09:58 1.7 Maritime and Ruth Powers Child Development Centers
00:11:34 1.8 Lucretia Edwards Shoreline Park
00:12:55 2 See also
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Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park is a United States national historical park located in Richmond, California, near San Francisco. The park preserves and interprets the legacy of the United States home front during World War II, including the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, the Victory ship SS Red Oak Victory, a tank factory, housing developments and other facilities built to support America's entry into World War II. In particular, the role of women and African-Americans in war industries is explored and honored.
The park is a partnership park, meaning that no land or buildings are actually owned by the National Park Service, which only administers the park. This relatively new National Park was established in 2000 and is still under development. Bus tours of the park began in 2007.
Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front Oral History Project
for over two hundred oral history transcripts and additional excerpts. The Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front Oral History Project is a collaboration of the National Park Service and the Regional Oral History Office of The Bancroft LIbrary of UC Berkeley. Since 2002, ROHO has conducted over 200 oral history interviews for the project. Visit Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Park in Richmond, California to learn more about home front experiences during WWII. Contact ddunham@library.berkeley.edu to learn how to further support the project to increase access to these interviews for future generations and students of all ages.
Call to Duty [Part 1]: Oral Histories with Women on Homefront Life During World War II
In collaboration with the City of Richmond and the National Park Service, the Regional Oral History Office is interviewing residents of the Bay Area about their wartime experiences during World War II. We are uncovering how and why people from different backgrounds came to the Bay Area, what they did when they arrived, and what they learned from the fluidity and flux of wartime life that affected decisions they made after the war ended. We are interested in a broad range of topics: What did women learn about the relationships between work and family life? How did attitudes towards education change? How did war affect race relations and reshape civil rights struggles? Did new ideas about sexuality take root and if so why and where? What happened to entertainment? To what degree did religious organizations provide people with a new sense of community? The project has been underway for the past three years. Interviews collected will be used in the National Park Service's visitor center at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Homefront National Historic Park in Richmond, California.
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Hello History Kaiser Shipyards
In this episode, Pat and Temple visit the Marine Park viewing tower that overlooks the shipways that were a part of Kaiser Shipyards in WWII.
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Rosie The Riveter National Historic Park.
For the second episode of my vlog Locations, Travels, and Stories, we will visit a unique museum in the city of Richmond, California.
En route, we will stop at a vista point just before crossing Richmond - San Rafael Bridge. A Z curve illusion of the bridge is seen from here.
Once arrived at the museum, we will know who was Rosie the Riveter and why a poster became a cultural icon of feminism during second world war.
We will then explore various memorabilia present in the museum and later visit Rosie the Riveter memorial located in Richmond.
The episode ends with a nice drive on the upper deck of Richmond - San Rafael bridge towards San Rafael.
Thanks for watching the episode.
Building the Liberty Ships During World War II -- Birth of Victory 1945
The Kaiser Shipyards were seven major shipbuilding yards located on the United States west coast during World War II. Kaiser ranked 20th among U.S. corporations in the value of wartime production contracts.[1] The shipyards were owned by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, a creation of American industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, who established the shipbuilding company around 1939 in order to help meet the construction goals set by the United States Maritime Commission for merchant shipping.
Four of the Kaiser Shipyards were located in Richmond and were called the Richmond Shipyards. Together, these four Kaiser Shipyards produced 747 ships, including many of the famous Liberty ships and Victory ships—more than any other complex in the United States. Only one of these ships, the SS Red Oak Victory, survives. Kaiser also produced the Casablanca-class escort carriers.
Three other shipyards were located across the Columbia River from each other at Ryan Point in Vancouver, Washington and in the St. Johns area of Portland, Oregon as part of the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation group, and at Swan Island in Portland.[2]
Henry Kaiser was known for developing new methods of ship building, which allowed his yards to outproduce other similar facilities and build 1,490 ships, 27 percent of the total Maritime Commission construction. Kaiser's ships were completed in two-thirds the time and a quarter the cost of the average of all other shipyards. Liberty ships were typically assembled in a little over two weeks, and one in less than five days.[3]
Kaiser Shipyards shut down at the end of the war. The Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park was dedicated October 25, 2000 on the site of one of the shipyards in Point Richmond.
enry Kaiser had been building cargo ships for the Maritime Commission in the 1930s, partnering with Todd Pacific Shipyards and the Bath Iron Works. When orders for ships from the British government, already at war with Germany, allowed for growth, Kaiser established his first Richmond shipyard begun in December 1940.[4]
In April 1941 the Maritime Commission requested an additional Kaiser yard, to be used for Liberty ship construction, and after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Kaiser started third and fourth yards, building troop transports and tank landing ships (LSTs), respectively. His son, Edgar Kaiser, Sr was appointed Vice-President and General Manager of the shipyards.
Kaiser set several records:
The Liberty ship SS Robert E. Peary was assembled in less than five days as a part of a special competition among shipyards.
At the Oregon Shipbuilding Yard on the Columbia River, near Portland, the Victory ship SS Joseph N. Teal was built in ten days in fall 1942.
The Oregon Shipbuilding Yards were responsible for 455 ships.
Kaiser recruited from across the United States to work in his yards, hiring women and minorities.
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Call to Duty [Part 2]: Oral Histories with Women on Homefront Life During World War II
In collaboration with the City of Richmond and the National Park Service, the Regional Oral History Office is interviewing residents of the Bay Area about their wartime experiences during World War II. We are uncovering how and why people from different backgrounds came to the Bay Area, what they did when they arrived, and what they learned from the fluidity and flux of wartime life that affected decisions they made after the war ended. We are interested in a broad range of topics: What did women learn about the relationships between work and family life? How did attitudes towards education change? How did war affect race relations and reshape civil rights struggles? Did new ideas about sexuality take root and if so why and where? What happened to entertainment? To what degree did religious organizations provide people with a new sense of community? The project has been underway for the past three years. Interviews collected will be used in the National Park Service's visitor center at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Homefront National Historic Park in Richmond, California.
Copyright © 2009 The Regents of the University of California. All Rights Reserved
This Is Us! Betty Soskin
Betty Soskin is a Ranger at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Park in Richmond, CA. Betty is one of the most enthusiastic and passionate National Park Rangers you can ever hope to encounter. At 88, she holds the distinction of also being the oldest Park Ranger in the nation! The park celebrates the contributions made by people that built the Victory Ships, at the Kaiser Ship Yard, and the lasting cultural changes that occured during the war.
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SS Red Oak Victory is a US Military Victory class Cargo ship used in the Second World War. She was preserved to serve as a museum ship in Richmond, California, and is part of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park.
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WWII Rosies Celebrate National Rosie The Riveter Day
Seven decades after World War Two ended a handful of surviving women known as Rosies came together on Tuesday to be honored in the first official Rosie the Riveter Day. These were the women who entered America's factories and shipyards when men were oversees fighting in order to keep the assembly lines running. hey welded pipes. They drew blueprints. And, of course, they fastened munitions and machine parts together with rivets. Eleven Rosies, all in their 90s, were present for the celebration which included speeches and a U.S. senate resolution. The event was held at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond, California.
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Betty Soskin: Opportunity and Discrimination in WWII Shipyards | Talks at Google
Betty Reid Soskin speaks about her experiences as a Black woman in the shipyards during World War II. Now in her 90s, Soskin is the country's oldest active park ranger, serving at the Rosie the Riveter World War II/Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, which she helped bring into existence.
Betty brings a unique perspective to the story of the home front effort, having lived it as a woman of color. She also touches on the immense social changes that she and her family members have witnessed, and provides her thoughts on the responsibility of living in a democracy.
The following video provides more context to her work:
BETTY REID SOSKIN: A LEGACY OF SERVICE
Celebrate Women’s History Month with INFORUM and a conversation with local and national legend Betty Reid Soskin! At 96, she’s currently the oldest serving career park ranger with the National Park Service—just one chapter in a long life of public service and her active role in the social evolution of the United States.
Reid Soskin’s remarkable resume ranges from clerking in an all-black trade union during World War II to political activism and songwriting during the Civil Rights Movement, from running a record store to working as a congressional field representative, and, finally, to her work as a historian. When the National Park Service began to plan the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, CA, Reid Soskin played a key role in shaping and designing the park, ensuring that the reality of history—including racism, segregation and sexism—weren’t left out of the narrative. The great-granddaughter of a slave, Reid Soskin’s life spans World War II to the Civil Rights Movement to the election of the first black president, and her experiences and observations allow for unique insight into our country’s history.
The ultimate storyteller, she is the lead figure in a forthcoming documentary being made by Rosie the Riveter Trust detailing the African-American experience in the United States from World War II to the present day, and she was featured in a multi-part PBS special. She still regularly draws crowds to the park with her powerful presentations, blogs and writes regularly, and was even invited to officiate the White House Tree Lighting Ceremony with President Obama.
Join us for insights into Reid Soskin’s full life and the backdrop of history of which she and her work are a vital part to this day.
Oldest US Park Ranger has presidential coin stolen
On Thursday, authorities confirmed that a robber attacked the nation's oldest full-time park ranger. The robbery took place in the ranger's San Francisco Bay Area home this week and the thief took a coin she received from President Barack Obama. Nintey-four year old Betty Reid Soskin works as an interpretive ranger at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond. Soskin was awoken by an intruder who punched her several times in the face. She told a Bay Area news channel, I fully expected he was going to kill me. Soskin has worked for 10 years as a park ranger at the park dedicated to women who worked for the war effort during World War 2.
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Fighting for the Right to Fight Electronic Field Trip
An Interactive Webcast Examining African American Experiences in World War II
Throughout World War II, African Americans pursued a Double Victory: one over the Axis abroad and another over discrimination at home. Major cultural, social, and economic shifts amid a global conflict played out in the lives of these Americans.
In this 60-minute program, student reporters examine artifacts from The National WWII Museum's signature special exhibit, travel to California to learn about injustices in a segregated military at Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, the site of the deadliest munitions disaster during the war, and explore Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park to understand transitions and tensions in American defense factories.
Captions are available in English and Spanish. Spanish captions are made possible through generous support from Pan-American Life Insurance Group.
KQED Newsroom I School Safety, Cannabis Sanctuary, Mayor Tom Butt, Betty Reid Soskin
School Safety
The horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida, earlier this week is reverberating throughout the nation. While Congress remains unable to restrict high-powered assault rifles that have been used in recent mass shootings, the tragedy in Florida is prompting educators in California to examine how best to keep students safe. Guest: Jill Tucker, Education Writer, San Francisco Chronicle
A Sanctuary City for Cannabis
On Tuesday, the Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to designate itself a sanctuary city for recreational cannabis. Mayor Jesse Arreguin said the move was in response to threats of a crackdown by Attorney General Jeff Sessions against states that have legalized marijuana. Across the bay, San Francisco is hoping a new equity permit program will help redress the impact of the war on drugs against communities of color by easing their entry into the lucrative cannabis industry. Guest: David Downs, Cannabis Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
Richmond Mayor Tom Butt
Tom Butt has been mayor of Richmond since 2014. The East Bay city boasts 32 miles of waterfront along San Francisco Bay and is home to a Chevron refinery employing 1,200 people. Last month, Richmond joined other California cities and counties in suing oil producers, including Chevron, for actions they allege harm the environment and public health. Mayor Butt, who is running for re-election this year, is also trying to combat homicides in the city and attract economic investment to Richmond. Guest: Mayor Tom Butt, City of Richmond
Betty Reid Soskin on Sign My Name to Freedom
Betty Reid Soskin has seen a lot in her 96 years. During World War II, Soskin worked as a file clerk helping African-American workers. She was active in the civil rights struggle and founded a record store in Berkeley that still stands today. Currently she’s the oldest full-time national park ranger and works at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, where she helps visitors understand the contributions of women and African-Americans to the war effort. Her new book, Sign My Name to Freedom, chronicles her remarkable life. Guest: Betty Reid Soskin, Author, Sign My Name to Freedom
Ashby Village: A CONVERSATION WITH BETTY REID SOSKIN - INTERVIEWED BY BRENDA PAYTON
Betty Reid Soskin grew up in a Cajun/Creole African-American family that settled in Oakland at the end of World War I, following the pattern set by the black railroad workers who served as sleeping car porters, waiters, and chefs for Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads – settling their families at the western end of their run where life might be less impacted by southern hostility.
Betty worked in a segregated union hall, Boilermaker’s A-36, during World War. In 1945 she and her husband, Mel Reid, opened Reid's Records. Betty has held positions as a field representative for two members of the California State Assembly: Assemblywoman Dion Aroner and Senator Loni Hancock. She was instrumental in the establishment of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in 2000. She is the recipient of numerous awards and the author of Sign My Name to Freedom, Memoir of a Pioneering Life.
Brenda Payton has been a journalist for more than 40 years. Most recently, she a regular freelancer for the San Francisco Chronicle and was a columnist at the Oakland Tribune for 26 years. She has been a reporter at the San Francisco Examiner, the Boston Phoenix and the New Bedford Standard Times.
This event was sponsored by Ashby Village and co-sponsored by Epworth United Methodist Church, which hosted the event.
Ashby Village is a vibrant nonprofit that connects members with each other and with the resources we need to stay active, independent and fulfilled. We rely on one another—and on an extensive volunteer pool, screened service providers and partnerships with local agencies, groups and businesses.
For more info please visit ashbyvillage.org or email us at info@ashbyvillage.org
The SS Red Oak Victory comes to Cal Maritime
The SS Red Oak Victory, the last surviving ship built at the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards during World War II is scheduled to be docked at the campus from July 9 until early August.
During the visit to campus, the all-volunteer crew will light the historic ship's boilers for the first time in 50 years.
The Red Oak Victory is a U.S. military cargo ship, originally active during the Second World War. She currently serves as a museum ship at her normal berth in Richmond – part of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park. The ship was one of 414 Victory cargo ships built during World War II, but one of only a few to be transferred from the merchant marine to the United States Navy. The ship was also active during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Oldest US park ranger back at work after attack
(13 Jul 2016) The nation's oldest full-time park ranger was greeted with cheers and hugs on Tuesday when she returned to work three weeks after an assailant attacked and robbed her in her San Francisco Bay Area home.
Her bruises healed, Betty Reid Soskin, 94, beamed as she was embraced by fellow rangers at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond facing San Francisco Bay.
Police said an intruder punched Soskin repeatedly in the head and made off with items including a mobile phone, laptop and jewellery on 27 June.
The thief also took a coin Soskin received from President Barack Obama when she introduced him at last year's National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the White House.
The attacker hasn't been caught.
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