Career
She retired at the age of 95, and is known as the "Last Rosie the Riveter". The name "Rosies" were given to women who took on the thousands of jobs left, after men had departed for the war. Otto began working at the Rohr Aircraft Corporation in Chula Vista, California during She earned 65 cents an hour in 1942.
She has also said that, "I"m a working person, I guess.
I like to work. I like to be around people that work. After the war ended, all the working women were let go.
Otto tried out other jobs, like office work, but she hated being still. She also worked as a carhop until roller skates were added to the uniform.
In 1951, she went back to factory work.
Foreign 14 years, she worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company in San Diego. Later she was employed at Douglas Aircraft Company, which merged with McDonnell Aircraft, and then became Boeing. By 2014, Otto had worked on every single C-17 plane at the Boeing plant.
She retired in November 2014.
She has appeared at the Veterans Day Parade in New York and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Today Show.
