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    poster featuring Rosie the Riveter highlights the inequality women experienced during World War II. This poster stressed women’s empowerment and symbolized a major gender revolution during the 1940’s that would forever change how our country viewed women and their war effort. It also often times boosted worker morale and motivated women’s attempted involvement with the war effort. Although many Americans were against women participating in the war‚ through propaganda like the Rosie poster they proved

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    1. What is the effect of including similarities? What would be the effect if Rosy had included only differences? (186-87) The effect of including similarities between Rosie’s parents is to inform the readers there are more differences than similarities and the similarities which are more physical are less important in regards to what strengthens a relationship. Furthermore‚ this helps identify a better picture of her parent’s influence on Rosy and the rest of her family. If Rosy had only included

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    In this photo by Lewis Wickes Hines titled “Riveters attaching a beam”‚ we see four men working in a dangerous workplace‚ on top of the Empire State building mid-construction‚ with no visible safety measures in place. There are no women at this worksite‚ which is understandable because during that time‚ women were the stay at home housewives. This photo is my favorite because the men don’t look fazed by the height at all. Hines took a direct approach when sharing the workplace of these men‚ there

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    Use of Repetition in “miss rosie” Clifton enhances the narrator’s compassionate mood for Miss Rosie by using repetition to show he is the only person affected by her. Clifton’s use of repetition in the poem “miss rosie” displays the narrator’s compassion for Miss Rosie‚ thus showing he is the only one who’s been affected by her. By repeating the same phrase multiple times‚ emphasis is put on the fact that no one besides the narrator is compassionate for Miss Rosie. For example‚ when the narrator

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    I did not know another person could have made such an impact on my life‚ especially to the extent of making me the woman I am today. My mother‚ Rosie Bush‚ inspired me to become the best person I can be. She taught me to never settle for less no matter how hard times may get and to continue to push forward regardless of the obstacles. Most importantly‚ she instilled in me the importance of family. My mother‚ who stood 5 feet 7 inches‚ caramel-brown skin‚ round face with high cheekbones‚ and weighting

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    Colonial America Katrina Moreno HIS378: Historiography & Historical Methodologies Instructor: Stacy Manning November 26‚ 2012 Colonial America In the colonial American time period

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    The African Queen Essay Question- In what ways does the journey down the river change the characters of Rosie and Charlie? What do they learn about themselves during the course of the journey? The movie ‘The African Queen’ changes two very different people‚ Rose (Rosie) and Charlie by going on a journey down the river. The journey down the river was not peaceful instead it was the exact opposite however these two main characters learn a lot amount of things during their journey by growing to love

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    its able bodied workers. Which meant that women had to take up jobs in the workforce. Inspiring women to work during World War Two was accomplished by Rosie the Riveter who not only helped convince women to stay on in the work force even after the war ended and left long lasting impressions that changed the way women are viewed today. Before Rosie Came Along Having a women in the workforce wasn’t very common. With very few to no women having jobs before World War Two men occupied the majority of

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    By using the posters of Rosie the Riveter‚ many women were quickly convinced that they had a duty to enter those works. In that patriotic movement all over the country‚ women mostly wanted to be the part of that movement because they would not want to be called as a “traitor” or something

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    “All the day long whether rain or shine‚ She’s a part of the assembly line‚ She’s making history‚ working for victory‚ Rosie the Riveter.” These are a few lyrics from Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb’s “Rosie the Riveter” song. This song came out in 1942‚ and was the first time the term Rosie the Riveter was used. Representing the women who worked in factories during WWII‚ Rosie is a cultural icon of the U.S. Many ads were created during WWII to pull women into the workforce‚ and each ad caught the

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