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Florence DiTullio Joyce (Woo Woo) 
Florence DiTullio Joyce (Woo Woo)
Massachusetts, United States
Florence “Woo Woo” DiTullio Joyce (1921-2014) was the first woman hired by the Fore River Shipyard in 1942. She was hired when the shipyard lost most of their male employees to enlistment during WW2. Her moniker (“Woo-woo”) was what the shipbuilders shouted when she arrived on site the first day. She kept the nick name, and owned it, painting it across the back of her welding jacket.
JOINED: over a year ago
HONORS:
LAST 12 MONTHS: 0
AWARDED: 0
LAST ACTIVE: NEVER
Joyce’s workday began at 7 a.m. and concluded at 3:30 p.m., and she spent a majority of her time in the shipyard’s steel mill. She earned, on average, $40 per week, “fashioning steel girders from sheet metal.” When she was interviewed at age 22, she reported that the work was “dangerous and tough– tougher than hell. But I love it!” https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/2020/07/05/florence-ditullio-joyce-first-women-welder-in-wwii-shipyards/
ACCOUNT: : In Memoriam :
Massachusetts, United States
Florence “Woo Woo” DiTullio Joyce (1921-2014) was the first woman hired by the Fore River Shipyard in 1942. She was hired when the shipyard lost most of their male employees to enlistment during WW2. Her moniker (“Woo-woo”) was what the shipbuilders shouted when she arrived on site the first day. She kept the nick name, and owned it, painting it across the back of her welding jacket.
JOINED: over a year ago
HONORS:
1
LAST 12 MONTHS: 0
AWARDED: 0
LAST ACTIVE: NEVER
Joyce’s workday began at 7 a.m. and concluded at 3:30 p.m., and she spent a majority of her time in the shipyard’s steel mill. She earned, on average, $40 per week, “fashioning steel girders from sheet metal.” When she was interviewed at age 22, she reported that the work was “dangerous and tough– tougher than hell. But I love it!” https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/2020/07/05/florence-ditullio-joyce-first-women-welder-in-wwii-shipyards/
ACCOUNT: : In Memoriam :
Honors Received
◄ Jo Leath ⊙3
[P7.2024.28] 14/07/2024
honoured for blazing a trail that had been closed to half the population
[P7.2024.28] 14/07/2024
honoured for blazing a trail that had been closed to half the population