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Elinor Otto (born ca. 1919) is one of the original Rosie the Riveters and built airplanes for 50 years. She retired at the age of 95, and is known as the "Last Rosie the Riveter". ==World War II== The name 'Rosies' were given to women who took on the thousands of jobs left, after men had departed for the war. Otto began working at the Rohr Aircraft Corporation in Chula Vista, California during World War II. She joined the war effort with her two sisters, one of whom worked with her at Rohr. When Otto first joined Rohr, she was recently single and was taking care of her young son. She earned 65 cents an hour in 1942. ==Post WWII== Otto mainly worked for economic reasons, because she had to take care of her mother and son.〔 She has also said that, "I'm a working person, I guess. I like to work. I like to be around people that work. I like to get up, get out of the house, get something accomplished during the day. After the war ended, all the working women were let go.〔 Otto tried out other jobs, like office work, but she hated being still.〔 She also worked as a carhop until roller skates were added to the uniform.〔 In 1951, she went back to factory work.〔 For 14 years, she worked at Ryan Aeronautical Co. in San Diego. Later she was employed at Douglas Aircraft Company, which merged with McDonnell Aircraft, and then became Boeing.〔 By 2014, Otto had worked on every single C-17 plane at the Boeing plant.〔 She retired in November 2014.〔 She has appeared at the Veterans Day Parade in New York and on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' and The ''Today Show''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elinor Otto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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