(KLZA)-- Lila Tomek of Pawnee City is one of 29 women honored for her service at an Omaha bomber plant in the 1940's during World War II.

KOLN-TV in Lincoln reports Tomek and the others were honored with Congressional Gold Medals on April 10, by Speaker Mike Johnson. These ladies were among those inspiring the “Rosie the Riveter” posters that helped bring more than 6 million women into the workforce during World War II.

Tomek was just 19 when she went to Omaha in 1942, working for 60-cents per hour. After four weeks of sheet metal and blueprint training, she began working on B-26 and B-29 planes. She also worked on a secret project in Bellevue, which included the Enola Gay plane, used to drop the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan in 1945.

The April 10 honor has been in the works since 2020 when a group of “Rosies” lobbied to get a “Rosie the Riveter Day” passed. The “Rosie the Riveter Congressional /gold Medal Act”, passed in November, 2020.