For most Americans, Rosie the Riveter, the arm-flexing female factory worker in a World War II wartime poster, is a symbol of American strength and resiliency during one of history's darkest periods. But for Jennifer McMullen, a Los Angeles resident who this week turned 100 years old, the...
Focuses on the construction of a memorial for World War II poster girl Charles Etta Turner more popularly known as Rosie the Riveter. Symbolism of Rosie to American working women; Richmond, California councilwoman Donna Powers' comments on why she started the campaign to honor Rosie.Hanson...
Howard Miller, and was featured on a poster for Westinghouse Electric Corporation under the headline “We Can Do It!” Early in 1943, a popular song debuted called “Rosie the Riveter,” written by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb, and the name went down in history. Who Was Rosie the ...
The now iconic “We Can Do It!” poster created by illustrator J. Howard Miller originated from a picture taken by a photographer of a young woman working in one of the many factories. The poster was one of a series of motivational posters to boost team spirit, factory production and safe...
Rosie the Riveter This poster, produced by Westinghouse during World War II for the War Production Co-Ordinating Committee, was part of the national campaign in the United States to enlist women in the workforce. 我们可以做到 ! 【 铆钉女工萝西】 这份海报是第二次世界大战期间威斯丁豪斯为战争...
When most people think of American women during World War II, the iconic ‘Rosie the Riveter’ comes to mind. Rosie was the modern factory girl – a woman who could effortlessly bridge the gap between masculine and feminine. The war industry during WWII gave women the opportunity to earn the...
Rosie the riveter—construction or reflection?Maureen Honey. Creating Rosie the Riveter: Class, Gender and Propaganda During World War II. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1984. 251 pp. $20.00 cloth. $9.95 paper.doi:10.1080/10509208909361291...
During WW2, Rosie the Riveter proudly wore an employment badge on her collar. You’ve seen that collar pin in the “We Can Do It!” poster. But what might a modern-day Rosie wear? We hope you will agree with us that as an empowered woman, we think she would want to wear our new...
Rosie the Riveter has become an emblem of female labor. With the recent death ofNaomi Parker Fraley, a possible model for Miller’s poster, there’s been an outpouring of new reflections on Rosie’s role and significance. But little has been said about how the R...
Rosie the Riv·et·er/ˌrəʊzi ðə ˈrɪvətə$ˈroʊ-, -tər/ anicknamegiven to any US woman who worked in factories making weapons or aircraft duringWorld War II. Rosie the Riveter was a character who appeared in US government films andpostersabout the work th...