The Miracle Men and Women who drove America’s Wartime Production

This is a program featuring the stories of the immigrant who convinced President Roosevelt to accept a dangerous production strategy and then successfully implemented it – which had a very unexpected consequence. Rosie the Riveter who mobilized, led, and motivated millions of women in the military production workforce and kick started the process of gender equality. The Construction Man who had no shipbuilding experience, yet he talked his way into building $4 billion of ships and became the most successful ship builder in the 20th Century.

Presenter: Dennis Molnar