[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 185 (Thursday, October 21, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              IN RECOGNITION OF CLARA BELLE HUNTER DOUTLY

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                           HON. RASHIDA TLAIB

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 21, 2021

  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the outstanding 
contributions of Ms. Clara Doutly, a resident of Michigan's 13th 
Congressional District and one of our country's ``Rosie the Riveters,'' 
as she celebrates her one hundredth birthday.
  Ms. Doutly was raised in Detroit, as the youngest of six siblings and 
attended Cass Technical High School. At nineteen years old, she began 
working at Briggs Manufacturing, where she helped produced parts and 
riveting components for B-24 and B-29 bombers for World War II. Ms. 
Doutly was one of among 300,000 other women who worked as riveters, 
assembling warplanes across Michigan during the 1940s. Clara Doutly, 
Detroit's own ``Rosie the Riveter,'' contributed to our country to 
victory and became an icon of women's empowerment and strength.
  We owe our gratitude to Clara Doutly and the countless other Michigan 
women who stepped up to serve as the critical workforce and labor our 
country needed. Even now, Ms. Doutly continues to show up for her 
community and others through her many years of service work at the St. 
Patrick's Senior Center in the 13th Congressional District. Ms. Clara 
Doutly is a true example of Detroit's strength, resiliency, and power 
of its people. We recognize Ms. Doutly and all of our ``Rosie the 
Riveters'' across our state and country for breaking down barriers to 
women in the workforce and for their contributions to our history.
  Please join me in wishing Detroit's Rosie the Riveter, Ms. Clara 
Hunter Doutly, a happy one hundredth birthday as we recognize her 
contributions to our country and to our community in the 13th 
Congressional District.

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