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Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front

Historic Impact

WWII & Rosie the Riveter Propaganda

World War II

It all started that shocking Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, as 183 Japanese warplanes attacked America’s Hickam Field, Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. The devastating results were 2,433 deaths, the destruction of 18 U.S. warships and 188 airplanes. While more than 16 million

American men and women served in the military during World War II, many millions more waged war on the Home Front- In factories, hospitals and schools in every community in the country.

The Change in Armed Forces

In May 1942, Congress instituted the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps, later upgraded to the Women’s Army Corps, which had full military status. Its members, known as WACs, worked in more than 200 non-combatant jobs stateside and in every theater of the war. By 1945, there were more than 100,000 WACs and 6,000 female officers.

Who is Rosie the Riveter?

Who is Rosie the Riveter?

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. The Nickname ‘Rosie the Riveter’ started due to a popular song from the WWII home front. The song sings about astrong and competent woman working in the defense industry—a job most women had never had before the war.

Before the war, women were limited to certain kinds of work. For lower class women, jobs were often poorly paid, low status jobs like cleaning houses or working in agricultural fields. Middle and upper class women were able to work as nurses, teachers, and secretaries, but seldomcould achieve a position as a manager.

Rosie the Riveter Song

WWII: Rosie the Riveter Song

Today at the National Site!

Present Day

At the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Site you will find written narratives, oral histories, defense industry equipment, artifacts and ephemera, photographs, sculptures, and personal belongings from the WII home front. As of January 2016, the collection numbers over 5,000 historic artifacts and over 15,000 archival documents and continues to grow. Located in Richmond, California, and including examples of industrial production facilities and social institutions that arose as a result of the total war effort,

Why it's important? Women's Right to work!

Why is it important?

Proving that they could do the jobs known as "men’s work" created an entirely new image of women in American society, and set the stage for upcoming generations. They became streetcar drivers, operated heavy construction machinery, worked in lumber and steel mills, unloaded freight and much more. More than 6 million female workers helped to build planes, bombs, tanks and other weapons that would eventually win World War II.

Why should we care?

If it weren't for WWII, Women would still be homemakers who don't work. Rosie the Riveter propaganda was a great change towards womens work rights. America’s promise and

problems were exposed as steps

were taken on the long road

toward racial integration and

the fair treatment of women

and minorities in the labor force.

Childcare and pre-paid medical

care, almost non-existent before

World War II, are institutions of

American life today.

Economic Impact

Economic Change's

Familys Income Increases

Womens Clothing

Women Can Work

THEN: Pants were looked down upon if worn by women. Dresses and Skirts only. Pants showed masculinity.

NOW: Pants are socially acceptable. Made for women and men, Does not imply masculinity.

A need for workers had arisen because of WWII. Women were needed to work in the factories because of all the men leaving for war. A new change began to rise.

In 1944, skilled female workers made an average weekly wage of $31.21, which is an extra $1,622.92 per year.

At the height of the war, women comprised 4 percent of skilled workers.

Events Concurrent to WWII

Concurrent Events

  • Germany invades Poland
  • Battle of Midway
  • Battle of Stalingrad
  • D-Day
  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki
  • Anti-Semitism
  • The Holocaust
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