"Look at the women welders, now that's a familiar job," says Jane Tucker, now 97. She left rural Lineville, Alabama in 1943, with her mom and sister to work in a shipyard.

The Six Triple Eight sorted millions of pieces of wartime mail in a matter of months but weren't recognized publicly for decades. Just two of the 855 women are believed to be alive for the ceremony.

At least two dozen members of Congress were in attendance. According to the senior curator and director of curatorial affairs at the National WWII Museum, there are only two women still alive from ...

DEARBORN, Mich., May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Henry Ford proudly announces the opening of Our War Too: Women in Service, a groundbreaking special exhibition honoring the extraordinary ...

"Look at the women welders, now that's a familiar job," says Jane Tucker, now 97. She left rural Lineville, Alabama in 1943, with her mom and sister to work in a shipyard.

"Look at the women welders, now that's a familiar job," says Jane Tucker, now 97. She left rural Lineville, Alabama in 1943, with her mom and sister to work in a shipyard.

"Look at the women welders, now that's a familiar job," says Jane Tucker, now 97. She left rural Lineville, Alabama in 1943, with her mom and sister to work in a shipyard. Emily Kask / for NPR ...