[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 35 (Monday, March 27, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S1747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
  S. 2294. A bill to establish the Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home 
Front National Historical Park in the State of California, and for 
other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


 rosie the riveter-world war ii home front national historical park act

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I am proud to introduce this bill 
today to establish the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front 
National Historic Park. This park will be constructed on the former 
site of Richmond Kaiser Shipyard #2 which produced WWII ships at the 
site of the present-day Marina Park in Richmond California.
  The Home Front industrial buildup in Richmond, California and across 
America to strengthen U.S. military capability and eventually win World 
War II started in early 1941 with the Lend Lease Program. Employment at 
the Richmond Shipyards peaked at 90,000 and forced an unprecedented 
integration of workers into the nation's work force.
  ``Rosie the Riveter'' was a term coined to help recruit female 
civilian workers and came to symbolize a workforce mobilized to fill 
the gap created by working men who left their jobs for active military 
duty. Nationwide, six million women entered the WWII Home Front 
workforce, which also provided unprecedented opportunities for 
minorities.
  I am proud to offer this legislation to commemorate these invaluable 
contributions to the U.S. victory in World War II, and I urge my 
colleagues to support this bill.
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