Rosie The Riveter: Part Of A Famous WWII Propaganda Campaign

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Rosie the Riveter was part of a famous WWII Propaganda Campaign. To encourage women to join the workforce so the men could leave their jobs to fight in the war, Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb wrote a song called “Rosie the Riveter”. Early in 1943, a swing band leader, James Kern “Kay” Kyser, sung “Rosie the Riveter”, inspiring Norman Rockwell. Rockwell painted a picture of what he thought Rosie would look like. She sat in a fancy chair with her foot on a copy of Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Rosie’s look-alike was a dentist named Mary Keefe, who modeled for Rockwell. Rockwell’s painting was appearing all over the newsstands and magazines such as the Post. Reporters even began casting real-life Rosie’s. But, she became more famous by a poster created …show more content…

As stated earlier in the section B: How did Women Going into the Workforce in the 1940s Affect Then and Now? women going in the workforce caused changes that affected everyone. The change that occurred for women was positive because this led to more opportunities, they got more jobs at the time, and they were able to make more money! The change that occurred for men was different depending on the person. For some men, the change was negative because they then had to leave for war or, men that were unemployed before, may have had less of a chance of getting a job. But, for other men, the change may have been positive because their families gained more money. The whole change was positive because now there are more workers in the workfield, which in turn, gains more money and more things get …show more content…

This picture, poster, and song inspired many women then and inspire many women still. Women going into the workforce in the 1940s caused changes that are linked to time, are positive and negative, and were caused by people. Both change may be positive or negative and change may be caused by people or may be natural all depend on perceptions of the matter. Whether men and women are equal or not is all based on opinions. Some women think that they are equal, while others think that women still aren’t equal to men. Some men will say that women are equal to men or are “as equal as they deserve to be” (debate.org) while others will disagree, saying that women aren’t equal-they may think that women should or shouldn’t be equal too. Women that argue that they aren’t equal to men may say that there still hasn’t been a women president and over 30 women have ran for president or that women don’t get paid as much. The fact about women running for president doesn’t prove that women aren’t equal; this shows that women are unequal socially. Have you ever heard someone say “You throw like a girl!” or “You hit like a girl!”? Usually, when they say that it's because the person they are saying it to didn’t throw very far or hit very hard. That’s only one example of how women are unequally socially. In all, women are, now, pretty much lawfully equal. In fact, most states have passed laws

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