Rosie the Riveter: Rosie Would Be Impressed With Her Great Granddaughter’s Generation

Post #29 – Rosie’s Daughters: The “First Woman To” Generation Tells Its Story by Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett

Many women enjoy wearing their Rosie the Riveter red and white polka dot bandana throughout the year. Today we want to share with you the story behind an all-female robotics team — wearing their Rosie the Riveter Legacy Bandanas.

The story is told by Candace Schneggenburger, one of the high school team’s coaches. Actually, she was a coach to the school’s first ever all girls robotics team. She told me that the “Team’s identity is tied to Rosie’s ‘We can do it!’ attitude.” She coached the 20-girl team (out of a school of 700 students).

The girls had an AWESOME time competing with our robot on Friday, December 2! They were the only all girls team at the event out of 24 teams. They even made the local evening news. I’ve attached the link to the video clip and some pictures.

The Rosie the Riveter Legacy Bandanas were an awesome addition to our team and we used the “We Can Do It!” slogan frequently. We also used one of the bandanas to cover our engineering notebook!

Candace Schneggenburger
District Lead Science Teacher
Palmyra-Macedon High School
Palmyra, NY

In addition to photos of the team at work, Candace also shared a news clip. We hope you also enjoy seeing the team.