Meet a real Rosie the Riveter. The longest-working one, at that. Elinor went to work on aircraft just weeks after Pearl Harbor — a single mother earning $0.65 an hour wielding a rivet gun. When the war ended and soldiers came home, she tried clerical work. The problem? She couldn't sit still. She missed the factories.
Elinor spent 70 years in aviation production at Boeing. She liked to make it known that she was laid off at the age of 95 when they stopped making the C-17s. She didn't quit — she was laid off. Her secret to longevity? "Just keep moving." She got up at 4 a.m. every day and stayed active until the very end.
Elinor passed away on November 12, 2023, at the age of 104 — the last of the original Rosies. She left behind a legacy that proved women could do anything, long before the world was ready to admit it. We are honored to carry her name.
Elinor owned two of her namesake bags. We consider that the highest possible endorsement — and we will carry her name and her spirit forward in every stitch.