(PATRIOTIC MUSIC) AS THE DEMAND
FOR 
          [Grace Brown: A Real-Life 'Rosie the Riveter]
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MEN WAS AS LIMITLESS AS GLOBAL
BOUNDARIES, THIS PUNCH PRESS STALWICK WAS BUT ONE OF
THOUSANDS NEEDED AT THE FRONT, AND THAT'S WHERE HE IS RIGHT
NOW. RELEASED WITH OTHERS BY AMERICAN WOMEN WORKERS" MORE
THAN 6-MILLION WOMEN LEFT THEIR TRADITIONAL ROLES AT THE START
OF WWII, STEPPING UP TO THE MONUMENTAL TASK OF
MANUFACTURING EVERYTHING THAT
WAS NEEDED, TO LEAD THE UNITED STATES AND
IT'S ALLIES TO VICTORY. 
          TO LEAD THE UNITED STATES AND
IT'S ALLIES TO VICTORY. 
          "EMMY LOU SPELLANE, A COLLEGE
GIRL, NOW MAKES PIN TESTS OF THE STEEL AS IT COMES FROM
THE FURNACES." (MUSIC) (MUSIC) "ISN'T THIS PRETTY HOT
FOR YOU, MISS SPELLANE?" "WELL IT GETS KIND OF HOT
AROUND A KITCHEN STOVE
TOO...I'VE NEVER THOUGHT OF
THAT." "YES, AND IT GETS PRETTY HOT
OUT THERE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN." I'M LEARNING A LOT ABOUT
GARLAND THAT I DIDN'T KNOW. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY STUCK YOU
OVER IN FORT WORTH, SO YOU
DIDN'T KNOW ALL OF THIS WAS GOING ON OVER HERE." THEIR
COURAGE AND SACRIFICE IS BEING
RECOGNIZED IN A SPECIAL EXHIBIT.
"MANUFACTURING VICTORY, THE
ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY," ON DISPLAY AT GARLAND CITY HALL
THROUGH AUGUST 15. 
          THE 1,500 SQ. FT. EXHIBIT
INCLUDES ARTIFACTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, ORAL
HISTORIES AND INTERACTIVE
COMPONENTS TO ILLUSTRATE THE INDUSTRIAL
JOURNEY TO PREPARE OUR NATION
FOR WAR. 
          "WELL I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL
THAT IT'S HERE.' 100-YEAR-OLD GRACE JANOTA BROWN
FROM MESQUITE IS AMONG ONLY A FEW WOMEN WHO
CAN STILL SHARE THEIR STORY. 
          "I WORKED FOR HELEN CORBITT AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS TEA ROOM, AND I DID
EVERYTHING SHE WANTED ME TO DO." "LAUGHS, THE TEA ROOM WAS TAKEN
OVER BY THE NAVY ACADEMY. THEY
NEEDED A PLACE A MESS HALL FOR THE NAVY BOYS. 
          "DEMOCRACY IS IN A JAM. THERE
ARE MILLIONS LIKE HER." "THERE WILL HAVE TO BE.
18-MILLION AREN'T ENOUGH." "AS MORE MEN ARE CALLED FOR
MILITARY SERVICE, THEIR PLACES
MUST BE TAKEN BY WOMEN." BUT ON THE ONSET OF WAR, SHE
FOUND HERSELF WITHOUT A JOB. 
          "FIRST I WENT TO SCHOOL TO
BECOME A MACHINIST." "AND THE SCHOOL WAS IN WACO,
TEXAS, BUT THE FIRST THING THEY GAVE US TO DO WAS TO
MAKE OUR OWN BED FRAME OUT OF STEEL." AFTER
COMPLETING HER TRAINING, GRACE WAS HIRED AS A
MACHINIST AT CONSOLIDATED
AIRCRAFT IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS. SHE MADE
ENGINE PARTS FOR BOMBERS. 
          "WAS THE WORK PHYSICALLY
DIFFICULT? WHAT WAS IT LIKE?" IT AS NOT PHYSICALLY DIFFICULT
EXCEPT FOR ONE THING. 
          I HAD TO PICK UP LARGE PIECES OF STEEL, WHICH
WERE HEAVY TO PUT IN THE CHUCK FOR MY MACHINE, PART. "SO DID YOU
BUILD UP SOME ARM MUSCLES?" YEAH I DID. I
THINK I DID MAKE
MUSCLES...LAUGHS. 
          WHILE AT CONSOLIDATED, OFFICE
OF WAR INFORMATION PHOTOGRAPHER HOWARD HOLLOM TOOK A SERIES OF
ICONIC KODACHROME PHOTOS OF HER. THEY ARE NOW
PART OF THE "MANUFACTURING
VICTORY" EXHIBIT AT THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM IN
NEW ORLEANS. 
          "I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I WAS
DOING AN IMPORTANT JOB." "EXCEPT THAT I KNEW I WAS
TAKING THE PART OF THE A "GUY, THE GUY THAT WAS WORKING
THERE BEFORE." I JUST TOOK OVER HIS JOB, BUT I
DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS THAT IMPORTANT." NEARBY
GRACE'S PHOTO AT THE EXHIBIT IS J. HOWARD
MILLER'S ICONIC "WE CAN DO IT" ROSIE THE RIVETER POSTER
REPRESENTING THE MILLIONS OF
WOMEN WHO ENTERED THE WORKFORCE TO
FILL THE POSITIONS OF THOSE WHO
WENT OFF TO WAR. 
          "AND SHE CAN HAVE IT TOO...TIL
JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME
AGAIN." AND THOUGH SHE DIDN'T WORK AS A
RIVETER, SHE KNOWS AND THOUGH SHE DIDN'T WORK AS A
RIVETER, SHE KNOWS THAT HER WORK WAS VITAL TO THE
WAR EFFORT. 
          I COULD WATCH THE GIRLS DO THE
RIVETING. LAUGHS. 
          WHILE I WAS WORKING AT THE
CONSOLIDATE AIRCRAFT. 
          "IT HAPPENED THAT A WOMAN'S
DELICATE TOUCH ENABLED HER EVEN TO EXCEL MEN IN
CERTAIN PRECISION OPERATIONS." NOW SHE IS ONE OF THE FEW WHO
CAN STILL SHARE THE STORIES OF HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE THAT
SHE AND MILLIONS OF OTHER WOMEN HAD EXPERIENCE DURING THE WAR,
BRINGING CHANGER FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. "I
JUST THINK WOMEN CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS
THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY
COULD DO." "AS A WOMAN, AS AN AMERICAN, DO YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH OF A
MARK YOU HAVE MADE ON THIS COUNTRY AND ON WOMEN
LIKE ME AND YOUR OWN CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN?" I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I HAD
MADE A MARK FOR WOMEN LIKE
THAT, BUT I JUST NOW AM BEGINNING TO 
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REALIZE I DID, I GUESS..."YES
YOU DID. 
          YES YOU DID." (MUSIC OUT.) 
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.