# Episode 10: Walking on Broken Glass

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Podcast: [The Persistence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-persistence-7020722)
Published: 2025-05-23T06:09:14+00:00
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## Resource

Forget Rosie the Riveter’s flex. In this episode of The Persistence , host Angélica Cordero flips the script on the usual WWII girl-power narrative and digs into the real story of the women who didn’t just roll up their sleeves—they reprogrammed the whole damn machine. From scrubbing floors and working fields to leading strikes, staffing factories, and forcing entire industries to modernize, these women fought for fair pay, safety, dignity, and a future where they mattered. Angélica takes you through their journey with wit, insight, and zero sugar-coating, spotlighting the Black, Brown, and working-class women whose stories rarely make the textbooks. And when the war ended? They didn’t quietly fade into the background—they left a legacy that still fuels modern fights for workplace justice. If you’ve ever been told to “know your place,” this one’s for you. This episode was written by and produced by Angélica Cordero, with a little help from ChatGPT. Our theme song is Don’t Kid Yourself Baby by Fold , used with their blessings. Podcast artwork for The Persistence features Mexican-American activist Jovita Idar and was created by Tamra Collins of Sunroot Studio . Get into the groove with our Spotify playlist of episode title references! Resources For Fellow Wascally Wabbits Books Cannery Women, Cannery Lives: Mexican Women, Unionization, and the California Food Processing Industry, 1930-1950 by Vicki L. Ruiz Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965 by Annelise Orleck Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women's Movements by Dorothy Sue Cobble, Linda Gordon, Astrid Henry Feminism in the labor movement : women and the United Auto Workers, 1935-1975 by Nancy Felice Gabin From Coveralls to Zoot Sui…

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