Rosie the riveter Archives - Shelley Blanton-Stroud

Poster Girl Launch–You’re Invited!

Shelley Admin2023-11-11T15:48:10+00:00Gina Rossi, historical fiction, Indie Bookstores, Interview, Jane Benjamin, Launch, library, Mary camarillo, Noir, Poster Girl, Rosie the riveter, Ruby's Books, Sacramento Public Library, Shady Lady Bar, Wendy the Welder, women in history, world war ii|

I can hardly believe it's time but Poster Girl's publication day is this Tuesday, 11/14! I'd love to see you [...]

Rosie Presents! A conversation about Poster Girl

Shelley Admin2023-11-08T12:20:15+00:00AUTHOR, book club, Book Event, Book launch, Book signing, Fact and fiction, historical fiction, Poster Girl, Rosie the riveter, Uncategorized|

6:30-8:30, Thursday, December 7, 2023. I'm thrilled for Poster Girl to be sponsored in a Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day event [...]

Sacramento Women of World War II

Shelley Admin2023-10-30T15:54:49+00:00Book Event, Book launch, Book signing, Fact and fiction, FAMILY, historian, historical fiction, poster ghirl, Rosie the riveter, Sacramento Public Library, Wendy the Welder, women in history, world war ii|

If you're interested in Sacramento's regional history, you probably know James C. Scott, archivist at the Sacramento Public Library. And [...]

Icons evolve. Poster girls evolve.

Shelley Admin2023-08-15T18:31:52+00:00Fact and fiction, historical fiction, History, Jane Benjamin, Poster Girl, propaganda, Rosie the riveter, women in history, world war ii|

It's three months out from pub day for Poster Girl, which deals with World War II era Rosie the Riveter and lesser [...]

Who gets to tell the story

Shelley Admin2022-09-05T14:56:19+00:00#amwriting, Fact and fiction, History, Rosie the riveter|

I first learned about Betty Reid Soskin (above, in a photograph by Frederic Aranda for National Geographic Traveler) while visiting the [...]