Thanks! Plain and Simple (“Thanks!”), a West Virginia nonprofit organization that founded the WV Rosie the Riveter Program will host a film maker, Ashely Maria, Director, and Lea-Ann Berst, Producer, who are creating the documentary film called, “Pioneers in Skirts.”
Filming will be at the Labelle Theatre in So. Charleston Monday, March 24. Filming will begin about 10:00 and be completed about 12:00. The media are invited to observe and photograph from 11:00 to noon. Interviews will be allowed at noon.
The film asks the question, “What does it take for women to succeed in the workplace?”, and it will include three Charleston-area Rosie the Riveters and the Founder of the Rosie the Riveter Project as the historical context of changes in work for women will included in the film.
Rosies expected are Buddie Curnutte of St. Albans, Dot Finn of St. Albans, and Agnes Smith of Nitro. The founder of “Thanks!”, Anne Montague, will be included as a woman who can speak to changes
in women’s work from World War II up to today.
An alternate phone is for Bob Anderson, Director of the So. Charleston CVB, 304 /546-5488.
