Rosie the Riveter facts for kids

Rosie the Riveter

Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States who appeared in a World War II propaganda poster titled "We Can Do It!". She is often used as a symbol of feminism. In 1944 a movie called Rosie the Riveter was released.

Rosie the Riveter became associated with a real woman called Naomi Parker, who inspired the icon. Rosie the Riveter was named after Rosalind P. Walter.

In 1997 the Rosie the Riveter Memorial Committee was started.

Images for kids

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  A "Not real Rosie" putting rivets on an Vultee A-31 Vengeance in Nashville, Tennessee in the year 1943.

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  A man and woman riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a C-47 aircraft at the plant of North American Aviation (1942)

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  Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California (1942)

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  A "Wendy the Welder" at the Richmond Shipyards

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  Assembling a wing section, Fort Worth, Texas, October 1942

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  "We Can Do It!" by J. Howard Miller, was made as an inspirational image to boost worker morale

See also

In Spanish: Rosie the Riveter para niños