Today, Rosie the Riveter is a familiar icon of female empowerment. Yet, the lives and experiences of the 3 million women who inspired the figure, are far less well known. Many such women worked at the Engineering and Research Corporation’s (ERCO) factory in Riverdale, Maryland.

When you think of aviation--and specifically military aviation history--do you think of College Park Airport (CPA)? Well, if you don’t,...

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, women were breaking barriers and broadening their horizons by learning to fly at College Park Airport.