Rosie the Riveter
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Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who joined the military. Rosie the Riveter is used as a symbol of American feminism and women's economic power. Similar images of women war workers appeared in other countries such as Britain and Australia. Images of women workers were widespread in the media as government posters, and commercial advertising was heavily used by the government to encourage women to volunteer for wartime service in factories. Rosie the Riveter became the subject and title of a song and a Hollywood movie during WWII.
See also
- Australian Women's Land Army
- Canary girl—British women working in munitions
- Greatest Generation
- Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl—the earlier
- Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring, a 1943 painting showing a female British war worker
- United States home front during World War II
- Women in the workforce
- Woman's Land Army of America ("farmettes")
- Women's Land Army—British farm workers ("land girls")
- Women's roles in the World Wars
- Work ethic
