Overview

They raised children, baked cakes... and built world-class fighter planes. Sixty years ago, thousands of women from Thunder Bay and the Prairies donned trousers, packed lunch pails and took up rivet guns to participate in the greatest industrial war effort in Canadian history. Like many other factories across the country from 1939 to 1945, the shop floor at Fort William's Canadian Car and Foundry was transformed from an all-male workforce to one with forty percent female workers.

Cast

Martine Friesen, Randy Wilson, Corinne Little, Jadwiga Kondakow, Nina Godecki, Mary Riddoch, Irene Fedell, Lorna Marsden

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Frequently asked

What is "Rosies of the North" about?

They raised children, baked cakes... and built world-class fighter planes. Sixty years ago, thousands of women from Thunder Bay and the Prairies donned trousers, packed lunch pails and took up rivet guns to participate in the greatest industrial war effort in Canadian history. Like many other factories across the country from 1939 to 1945, the shop floor at Fort William's Canadian Car and Foundry was transformed from an all-male workforce to one with forty percent female workers.

When was "Rosies of the North" released?

Rosies of the North was released in 1999.

Who stars in "Rosies of the North"?

The cast includes Martine Friesen, Randy Wilson, Corinne Little, Jadwiga Kondakow.