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Rosie the Riveter
Cites
"Rosie The Riveter." HistoryNet. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2017.
Heather Sanders on July 31, 2014. "Twenty Interesting Things About…Rosie the Riveter." The Pioneer Woman. N.p., 11 Sept. 2016. Web. 23 Jan. 2017.
Damon Beres from Reader's Digest Special Edition: World War II. "True Stories of Real-Life Rosie the Riveters From WWII | Reader's Digest." Reader's Digest. N.p., 14 Sept. 2015. Web. 23 Jan. 2017.
Who is Rosie
During World War 2, many men went to fight in the war, and left all their jobs and women behind. Rosie declared that women could take over the mens jobs, and because of that, the start of women equalization occurred.
Rosie the Riveter: Her Past
Rosie the Riveters real name was Geraldine Hoff Doyle, a seventeen year old who worked as a metal worker.
Rosie the Riveter
By Marlee Osborn
For my Bio Presentation, I did Rosie the Riveter, a cultural icon in the United States who helped women gain some equal rights during World War 2.
For love of Country
By Helen Kosierowski
Inspiration
"I applied for a job in 1943 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. My patriotism must have been running awfully high back then because I would be working as a riveter on the midnight to 8 a.m. shift."
Rosie the Riveter poster inspired so many women to do mens jobs that they actually started calling themselves Rosie the Riveters in honor of the original, and they have great stories about the war.
My Unusual Sacrifice
By Josephine Juliano
The Pride of Purpose
By Evelyn Robinson
"...One day, as I drilled a hole close to the edge, I noticed the drill was forming a spiral of hot metal. The spiral got longer and heavier and finally fell off—onto my bare stomach! I didn’t want to ruin that whole sheet of metal—materials were costly and scarce, and we’d been warned to be careful—so I kept working, wiggling my body frantically to try to shake off that hot spiral."
"I was one of many Rosie the Riveters. After two weeks of training, I was sent to a plane-assembly plant to work on wing panels. We drilled the panels first, then put in the rivets.
"We can do it!"
-Rosie the Riveter
"I was a Rosie the Riveter. I'm really proud of that."
-Ruth Duccini