Rosie the Riveter

Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon in the United States. She was an icon of women that worked in factories and shipyards during World War II. She was in a World War II poster titled "We Can Do It!". She is often used as a symbol of feminism in this image.^[1] Pictures of working women were used many times during World War II. The US government wanted women to work during the war.^[2] In 1944 a movie called Rosie the Riveter was released.

Rosie the Riveter became associated with a real woman called Naomi Parker, who inspired the icon.^[3] Rosie the Riveter was named after Rosalind P. Walter.^[4]

In 1997, the Rosie the Riveter Memorial Committee was started.

References

↑ Duncan, W. Raymond; Jancar-Webster, Barbara; Switky, Bob (2008). World Politics in the Twenty-first Century Brief (Student choice ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin College Div. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-547-05634-0.
↑ Rupp, Leila J. (1978). Mobilizing Women for War: German and American Propaganda, 1939–1945. Princeton: Princeton U.P. ISBN 0-691-04649-2.
↑ Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96
↑ "Rosie the Riveter and GBBGC^{[permanent dead link]}." Locust Valley, New York: Grenville Baker Boys and Girls Club, March 12, 2018.

[1] Duncan, W. Raymond; Jancar-Webster, Barbara; Switky, Bob (2008). World Politics in the Twenty-first Century Brief (Student choice ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin College Div. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-547-05634-0.

[2] Rupp, Leila J. (1978). Mobilizing Women for War: German and American Propaganda, 1939–1945. Princeton: Princeton U.P. ISBN 0-691-04649-2.

[3] Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96

[4] "Rosie the Riveter and GBBGC^{[permanent dead link]}." Locust Valley, New York: Grenville Baker Boys and Girls Club, March 12, 2018.

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