Rosie+the+Riveter+and+Working+Women

Rosie the Riveter
 * Battling cry for women across the nation
 * Her first mention was in a song by Redd Evans and John Loeb in 1942
 * Depicted in the press, celebrated in songs, and produced in broadway plays and movies.
 * Norman Rockwell made the original image but it was considered too masculine so it was altered to the famous image we have today.
 * There are many "real life" Rosies like Rose Will Monroe and Rose Hicker, but there is no one person on whom the charcter was based.
 * She served as a symbol for all working women
 * Her slogan, "We can do it" and her hardworking attitude inspired many women to work during the war.



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Working Women on the Homefront


 * Since men were away fighting the war, women were asked to take their jobs.
 * Mothers, daughters, secretaries, and wives all took these positions.
 * It was a huge advancement for women's position in society. They proved they could handle "men's work."
 * They set the stage for future generations of women.
 * Some jobs included street car driving, operating heavy construction machinery, working in lumber and steel mills, and loading freight.
 * Many jobs were war related such working in factories that produced munitions or armaments and working with the Red Cross.
 * Eleanor Roosevelt herself made many trips around the country to advocate for working women.
 * Women took great pride in knowing that they helped win the war and society appreciated their help.

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Statistics


 * More than 18 million females were working during the war.
 * This increased the workforce by 50%
 * However, women were only paid 60% of the wages that men were paid.
 * By 1944, 16% of all working women held jobs in the war industry.
 * The percentage of women working a paying job during the war increased by 11%.

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