{"id":74360,"date":"2019-09-15T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/rosie-the-riveter-memorialized-in-durango\/"},"modified":"2019-09-15T06:01:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T06:01:00","slug":"rosie-the-riveter-memorialized-in-durango","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/rosie-the-riveter-memorialized-in-durango\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosie the Riveter memorialized in Durango"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Local Girl Scouts, gardeners and leaders, gather for a photo Saturday in front of the National Rosie the Riveter Memorial Rose Garden dedication ceremony at Durango Public Library. The garden is located within the Durango Botanical Gardens on the northeast side of the library.<\/span>Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Shelly Hartney was in sixth grade in 1945 when the United States and Allied powers defeated Nazi-occupied Germany, imperial Japan and the Axis powers.<\/p>\n

She grew up in a wealthy neighborhood and felt drawn to service by the Girl Scouts of America<\/a>, Hartney said. She joined for a year, or so, in middle school before the girls in her troop became more interested in boys than regular meetings. She got accepted into Northwestern\u2019s engineering program in Chicago after high school and dropped out when she became more interested in a boy than her schoolwork, Hartney said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had four babies in four years,\u201d she said. \u201cI had to stay home, but we needed money.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shelly Hartney, with Colorado Girl Scouts of America, attended the National Spirit of \u201945 Rosie the Riveter Memorial Rose Garden dedication ceremony on Saturday at Durango Public Library. The garden is located within the Durango Botanical Gardens on the northeast side of the library.<\/span>Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

When the kids started school, Hartney said she left the home in search of work somewhere she could get paid for it.<\/p>\n

She worked in Grand Rapids, Michigan, while her children were in high school and moved to Durango after they graduated. She worked administering grants at Fort Lewis College. She lead her girls, and many others in Durango, through Girl Scouts for years. Her children have grown into successful women, she said.<\/p>\n

Hartney, like many other American women, were \u201cstanding on the shoulders of giants,\u201d said Julie Westendorff, chairwoman of the La Plata County Board of Commissioners at a dedication of the National Rosie the Riveter Memorial Rose Garden in the Durango Botanical Gardens.<\/p>\n

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