1. Tom Webster, Millie Crouch, Matida Sanneh, & Lee Groon
Rosie the Riveter
Tom Webster, Millie Crouch, Matida Sanneh, & Lee Groon

2. (“Rosie Poster”).

3. Why was Rosie the Riveter Invented?
During WWII, men were being drafted, leaving their jobs behind.
Factory workers were needed.
With a lack of male labor, women filled in these jobs.
The Office of War Information (OWI) needed to create a figure that would encourage women to take these jobs, Rosie the Riveter.
Women created weapons and aided the injured.

4. (Vachon).

5. Rosie the Riveter
Norman Rockwell modeled Rosie off of a young woman, Geraldine Hoff, as an advertisement to promote factory employment.
Stressed the patriotic need for women to enter the workforce.
He took the name from a 1942 song, “Rosie the Riveter,” to make a broad appeal to all women but never expected it to make such a large impact on society as a whole.
I’ll read this one

6. (Rosie the Riveter Song).

7. The Lasting Effects of Rosie the Riveter
When the men came back from war most women did not want to give up their jobs.
Women now had the desire to not just be mother and wives but to also do more to contribute to society and to promote the image of working women.
Despite its ideas, gender roles were not significantly redefined after World War II.
In the 1950s, women returned to their roles as housewives and mothers.

8. (Clorox).

9. Hall of Fame or Shame?
Initially, one would assume that she deserves fame because of her status as a feminist icon
The resurgence of gender roles in 1950s contradicts this, though.
Is Rosie the Riveter a feminist icon (fame)? Or merely a tool for war propaganda (shame)?

10. Works Cited
Clorox. Rosie the Riveter Clorox Ad. Gender Spectrum. Weebly, n.d. Web. 15 Jan <
Rev. of Creating Rosie the Riveter: Class, Gender, and Propaganda during World War II, by Maureen Honey. Business History Review 59.3 (1985): JSTOR. Web. 13 Jan <
"Rosie Poster." Rosie the Riveter. American Rosie The Riveter Association, n.d. Web. 13 Jan <
Rosie the Riveter Song with Lyrics. YouTube. Google, 29 Apr Web. 13 Jan <
Vachon, John. Four women leaving the Pennsylvania Shipyard in Beaumont, Texas About. Web. 14 Jan <