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Glenville in Gilmer County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
 

WV Rosie the Riveter Bell

 
 
WV Rosie the Riveter Bell Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Doda, December 27, 2021
1. WV Rosie the Riveter Bell Marker
Inscription.  
Dedicated to the women of West Virginia who left their homes to work in defense plants throughout America and help win WWII.

Honoring: Ada England, Alpha Coberly Miles Osborn, Anna Hess, Ann Carpenter Stalnaker, Arlene Snyder, Bobbie Lamb, Buddie Curnutte, Deloris Ward, Dorothy Davenport, Dorothy Keaton, Dorothy Summers, Dorothy Townsend, Dot Finn, Dot Foster, Edith Coberly Crook McQuilken, Edith Lockard Ellyson, Emily Withers, Ethel Bovey, Etta Sergent, Fay Belknap Scott, Fern Fitzpatrick, Garnet Kozielec, Geraldine Boyce, Gloria Farmer, Hilda Hume, Icie Nell Smith, Irene Gunn, Janice Wright, Jean Malone, Jo Collinsworth, June Kindall, Leona Watson Phares, Lessie Moses, Lillian Eddy, Maggie Selman, Marilyn Beecher, Mary Marie Barker Canfield, Maudie Lane, Maxine Belknap Wilson, Maxine Marshall, Mazie Mullins, Mozelle Brown, Myrtle Riddle, Nancy Canterbury, Neva Rees, Nora Jones, Olive Wetherholt, Pauline Everetts, Pauline Gilkerson, Pauline Ware, Thelma Watson Rizer, Thelma Carpenter Westfall, Vera Siegrist Brown, Vienna Hurt, Violet Williams, Willodeane Brady
 
Erected 2018
WV Rosie the Riveter Bell Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Doda, December 27, 2021
2. WV Rosie the Riveter Bell Marker
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by Girl Scout Troop #32394, inspired by THANKS!; bell donated by Rosie Ruby Garrett Coberly.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceWar, World IIWomen. In addition, it is included in the Historic Bells series list.
 
Location. 38° 56.016′ N, 80° 50.243′ W. Marker is in Glenville, West Virginia, in Gilmer County. Memorial is at the intersection of East Main Street and Court Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Glenville WV 26351, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Glenville (a few steps from this marker); Gilmer County Veterans Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Gilmer Rifles (about 600 feet away); Arbuckle House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Glenville State College (approx. 0.2 miles away); Clemons Tower (approx. 0.2 miles away); Glenville State Teachers College (approx. 0.2 miles away); Glenville State College World War II Veterans Memorial (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Glenville.
 
WV Rosie the Riveter Bell Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Doda, December 27, 2021
3. WV Rosie the Riveter Bell Marker
WV Rosie the Riveter Bell Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Doda, December 27, 2021
4. WV Rosie the Riveter Bell Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 9, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 112 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 9, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

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