WWII Women's Memorial Foundation

06/17/2026

Honored to have our founder, Raya Kenney, included within Magazine’s Heroes Among Us series.

06/14/2026

06/07/2026

82 years after D-Day, we honor not only those who stormed Normandy’s shores, but also the millions of women whose hands built the path to victory. Their legacy deserves to be remembered.

05/30/2026

Couldn’t breathe but these women were worth it 👀

05/26/2026

Millions of American women answered the call during World War II — stepping into factories, shipyards, offices, and defense plants and more to help win the war.
Fox News recent “America 250: Rosie the Riveter” segment highlights the enduring legacy of the Rosies and the millions of working women whose patriotism, sacrifice, and determination helped shape history.
At the World War II Women’s Memorial Foundation, we are committed to ensuring these women are never forgotten and that their contributions are permanently honored for future generations.
Watch the FOX segment here: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396589088112

Rosie the Riveter is an enduring symbol of women’s strength and patriotism, representing the millions of American women who entered factory jobs during World War II to support the war effort.

05/25/2026

Some gave their lives in war and others spent a lifetime carrying the cost of it by innovating, waiting, welding, riveting, working hard, and holding a fragile world together with steady hands that helped keep our nation anchored. Today, we honor those who never came home, and the women of WWII whose strength helped carry a nation toward peace. We acknowledge that freedom was not simply won, but loved into existence by an entire generation willing to step up and step in when the world needed them most. 🇺🇸

📷 from the@wwiimuseum collection.

Members of the US Marine Corps Women’s Reserve work on a B-25 Mitchell bomber outdoors

05/22/2026

Yesterday, the world lost Diane Carlson Evans who was a U.S. Army nurse, Vietnam veteran, and the founder of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial. A tireless guardian of remembrance, Diane devoted her life to ensuring that the sacrifices of all who served in Vietnam would never disappear. She fought to see the stories of women recognized and preserved, and argued that those who served were Vietnam veterans first, who were bound together not by gender, rank, race, religion, or assignment, but rather by collective sacrifice and shared service. Her thoughtful contributions will forever stand next to those whose names and stories she fought so hard to preserve. Thank you, Diane, for blazing trails.

05/16/2026

chocolate engineered to taste bad so soldiers wouldn’t snack on it 🍫

05/04/2026

SPAM! But the salty kind (and it’s historical!)

04/17/2026

This is Laura’s story.

From sister to wife to mother to an upholster and a machine press operator, she left a legacy we are so lucky to remember.