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Aug 31, 2018 · When prompted to choose a piece of rhetoric to analyze, one of the first pieces that came to mind was the famous, “We Can Do It!” poster, or more modernly nicknamed, Rosie the Riveter.
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Oct 22, 2024 · Rosie the Riveter, media icon associated with female defense workers during World War II. Since the 1940s, Rosie the Riveter has stood as a symbol for women in the workforce and for women’s independence. She is famously depicted in J. Howard Miller’s ‘We Can Do It!’ poster.
Mar 5, 2024 · In his 1943 painting Rosie the Riveter, illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) captured the mood of 1940s America: Rosie, her shirt sleeves rolled up, is getting necessary work done on the...
Rosie the Riveter is one of the most iconic symbols of the United States’s homefront experience during World War II. But the story of how she got famous isn’t what you’d expect.
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While women during World War IIworked in a variety of positions previously closed to them, the aviation industry saw the greatest increase in female workers. More than 310,000 women worked in the U.S. aircraft industry in 1943, making up 65 percent of the industry’s total workforce (compared to just 1 percent in the pre-war years). The munitions in...
The true identity of Rosie the Riveter has been the subject of considerable debate. For years, the inspiration for the woman in the Westinghouse poster was believed to be Geraldine Hoff Doyle of Michigan, who worked in a Navy machine shop during World War II. Other sources claim that Rosie was actually Rose Will Monroe, who worked as a riveter at t...
In addition to factory work and other home front jobs, some 350,000 women joined the Armed Services, serving at home and abroad. At the urging of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and women’s groups, and impressed by the British use of women in service, General George C. Marshallsupported the idea of introducing a women’s service branch into the Army. I...
One of the lesser-known roles women played in the war effort was provided by the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs. These women, each of whom had already obtained their pilot’s license prior to service, became the first women to fly American military aircraft. They ferried planes from factories to bases, transporting cargo and participating...
The call for women to join the workforce during World War II was meant to be temporary and women were expected to leave their jobs after the war ended and men came home. The women who did stay in the workforce continued to be paid less than their male peers and were usually demoted. But after their selfless efforts during World War II, men could no...
Mar 15, 2023 · She had no name at all. The image would likely have been identified only by its slogan: “We Can Do It.”. Instead, the phrase “Rosie the Riveter” was the title of a 1943 song by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb as well as that of a 1943 Norman Rockwell cover illustration for the Saturday Evening Post.
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Rosie the Riveter is an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies.
