Regina is one of the last of the 15,000
women who worked in Boeing’s Seattle
factories during World War II. Her job
was to wriggle through the wing jigs
for the B-17 “Flying Fortress” bombers
and drill holes for the rivets. Many guys
resented working with women. But by
war’s end no one could deny their key
role in the Allied victory. Six million
women had a foot in the door of the
American workforce.
After the war, Regina attended business school and spent
32 years as a state vocational rehabilitation specialist.