Rosie The Riveter Thesis

Rosie The Riveter In 1941 the United States was pulled into World War 2. For the economy, it was exactly needed after the depression. Men were sent off to help with the war leaving women to help bring up contributions to the war. Many work opportunities were open to women, even pushed by propaganda to support the war so that it may end soon. Barriers were broken about women doing a man’s job. Racial discrimination came almost to a near halt as people of different ethnicity and backgrounds came to help work in the factories. One of the propagandas used was Rosie the Riveter. A woman who was a symbol of the strong work ethic women had brought to the forefront. “Rosie, was a term used to refer to all the women who worked in defense industries and not
Roosevelt sometimes referred to them as production soldiers on the home front. As many say a women’s touch helps to liven up places, this was the same for the work environment having the conditions in the industrial setting improve. Although the women gave everything they could, after the war many women were forced to leave when World War 2 ended leaving the women to search for new jobs. Rosie the Riveters show the courage women had to serve their country even with society stigmas are against them. The propaganda used during World War 2 shows the evolution of advertisement over a couple of decades. I chose these three articles for the detail of involvement women had during the war. After World War 2, social standards for women would change, creating a chain reaction across the nation for equal rights, broken segregation and stigmas to be tested. Introducing females into the work force has slowly dissolved the stereo types regarding fragile stay at home