Throughout our history in this country we have pushed women and their sacrifices to the side in place of men who were seen as the dominant sex. While we see today women being treated fairly and with equal opportunity and respect, this was not always the case. Billy Collins expresses his ideas on equal opportunity for women in his poem Man in Space, which was an eye opener for many people who were taught these norms their whole life. “Rosie the Riveter” was a poster who was attempting to inspire and motivate women to help the war effort by taking jobs left by men. The authors use details and diction to reveal the motivational tone of the artists ton in Man in Space and “Rosie the Riveter” in order to convey how women needed to defy the norms of society to have a more …show more content…
Women during the WWII era were portrayed as housekeepers and were often considered less-than for not having a job. The need for women in the workforce became very demanding as most men were sent overseas to fight in the war. This meant women needed to be motivated to come and take these jobs. It became a movement, millions of women took jobs from building battleships to manufacturing clothes for soldiers. With this movement came propaganda, most famously the poster of “Rosie the Riveter”. Rosie is still an icon for women's rights and labor movements. Rosie can be seen flexing her right arm in a blue collared shirt, which represents the blue collared jobs women had to take inorder to support the war effort. She is pictured with the phrase “We Can Do It!” which is an attempt to motivate women across the country. The yellow print which contrasts the rest of the artwork