This cultural icon of the United States, represents American women who worked in factories during World War II. These gals wearing denim bib overalls replaced the male workers who were in the military. This character is considered a feminist icon in the US.
The films and posters she appeared in were used to encourage women to go to work in support of the war effort.
Conditions were often rough and pay was not always equal-the average man working in a wartime plant was paid $54.65 per week, while women were paid about $31.50. Even so…….. women quickly responded to Rosie the Riveter, who convinced them they had a patriotic duty to go to work.
Some claim that she forever opened up the work force for women, but others dispute that point, noting that many women were discharged after the war and their jobs given to returning servicemen. In either case I applaud working women who step up and work “like a man” and do it well!! Way to go Ladies!
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