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A "Rosie" putting rivets on an Vultee A-31 Vengeance in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1943. 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. [1] [2] These women sometimes took entirely new jobs ...
October 25, 2000. Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park is a United States national historical park located in Richmond, California, near San Francisco. The park preserves and interprets the legacy of the United States home front during World War II, including the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, the Victory ship SS Red ...
During World War II, the "We Can Do It!" poster was not connected to the 1942 song "Rosie the Riveter", nor to the widely seen Norman Rockwell painting called Rosie the Riveter that appeared on the cover of the Memorial Day issue of the Saturday Evening Post, May 29, 1943. The Westinghouse poster was not associated with any of the women ...
Louise Unkrich, an Iowan who was a "Rosie the Riveter," has died. After the war, she became the longtime director of the Swedish-American Museum. Louise Unkrich, an Iowan who was a "Rosie the ...
The War Department in Washington recruited about 5 million women to fill the vacancies in war factories. A popular 1943 tune by the Four Vagabonds gave them a nickname — “Rosie the Riveter.”
Community members will mark a World War II-era Rosie the Riveter's 103rd birthday in Dearborn this week. The event will feature an outdoor wave 'n' walk-by celebration, with family and friends ...
The United States Office of War Information ( OWI) was a United States government agency created during World War II. The OWI operated from June 1942 until September 1945. Through radio broadcasts, newspapers, posters, photographs, films and other forms of media, the OWI was the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities.
Following her graduation from high school, Rosalind Palmer became one of many young women to secure jobs in the war industry during World War II. "The powerful female image of Rosie (the Riveter) was developed under the auspices of the War Production Board to inspire patriotic behavior," according to heritage writer Ginny McPartland, who ...