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  1. Apr 23, 2010 · Rosie the Riveter was the star of a campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for defense industries during World War II, and she became perhaps the most iconic image of working women....

  2. Rosie the Riveter is an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents 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.

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  3. Apr 17, 2024 · Rosie the Riveter, media icon associated with female defense workers during World War II. Since the 1940s, Rosie the Riveter has stood as a symbol for women in the workforce and for women’s independence. She is famously depicted in J. Howard Miller’s ‘We Can Do It!’ poster.

  4. Dec 8, 2020 · Why Rosie the Riveter Continues to Endure. Forever changing the nation, the women who worked in American factories during the war have been collectively awarded the Congressional Gold Medal

  5. Kat Eschner. December 7, 2017. You may know the woman depicted here as Rosie the Riveter, but she wasn't originally called that. Smithsonian Institution. Rosie the Riveter is one of the...

  6. Apr 10, 2024 · A table downstairs displayed signs of Rosie the Riveter, the headscarf-clad, muscle-flexing icon who has come to represent the millions of women who worked in factories and shipyards during...

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