Rosie the Riveter
These were the years that World War II spanned.
What were 1939-1945?
The auto industry stopped manufacturing these to concentrate on building war machines.
What are cars?
This is what the original Rosie held in her hand in the Norman Rockwell illustration.
What is a sandwich.
This is what women were upset about once the men returned from war.
What is they were upset that they had to go back working as housewives.
Rosie the Riveter is a symbol of these two things.
What is feminine pride and independence.
This was the tool that they used to put the plane parts together.
What is a riveting gun?
The car makers had begun building these instead of automobiles.
What are aircraft (planes).
This helped women realize that they could do the same work as men and do it well.
What was taking over for millions of men.
These were the laws that segregated blacks and whites from schools, restaurants, and public transportation.
What were the Jim Crow laws.
This is the state where the biggest national tribute to Rosie is located.
What is California?
These were the people that replaced the men in the factories during WWII.
Who were the women?
The advertising agencies targeted middle-class married white women to enter this.
What is the workforce (to work in the factories).
What is "We Can Do It!"
This was on the cover of Life magazine on August 9, 1943.
What is women working in the factories.
What is Rosie's Girls?
This is how the government recruited women to work in the factories and this was their most famous symbol.
What is through advertising and Rosie the Riveter.
Most women held non-industrial jobs called "---- collar jobs, such as secretaries, salesgirls, or teachers. The answer is a color.
What is pink.
This is the year that Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb wrote the song titled, "Rosie the Riveter".
What is 1942.
This is the year that WWII ended.
What is 1945.
Rosie's likeness has been printed on T-shirts, mugs, and lapel pins. She even got her own postage stamp in this year.
What is 1999?
Name three things the women built in the factories for the war.
What are ships, tanks, and bombers.
Women made ---- than men when it came to salary. Male workers averaged about $54.65 a week and women $31.21 per week.
What is less.
This is the name of the original illustrator of Rosie the Riveter.
Who is Norman Rockwell.
What was 1944.
Naomi Parker had to show proof of this after many years of mistaken identity.
What is that she was the real Rosie the Riveter from the We Can Do It! poster.