Rosie the Riveter
The famous quote written across the top of the Rosie the Riveter poster.
What is "We Can Do It?"
This person said that Americans should not be putting their women to work because women should be good wives and mothers.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
This program served in positions of non-combat, like nursing, and was the first program established by Congress.
What was the Women's Army Corp (WAC)?
Women helped train anti-artillery aircraft gunners by acting like this.
What are flying targets?
Since there were so many women helping out, they did this to the war.
What is shortened the war?
The more recognizable poster of Rosie the Riveter was created by this artist.
Who is J. Howard Miller?
The number of women that served in uniform, both at home and abroad.
What was 350,000 women?
This program allowed women to join the airforce
What are the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS)?
When WW2 started, many women worked in these.
What are defense plants?
Women received more of this when people realized what they were capable of.
What is respect?
The implication that Rosie the Riveter might just do this
What was save soldier's lives?
This General stated that he could not fight and win the war without the aid of women in uniform.
Who was General Eisenhower?
This program allowed more men to be at sea by assigning women to onshore duties.
What was the Coast Gaurd Women's Reserve (SPARS)?
When men left to fight the war, there was a high demand for this, and the only people left to help were women!
What are workers?
Make a connection: What were women "allowed" to wear in public after WW2?
What are pants?
Rosie the Riveter was originally shown in this magazine, the oldest one in the U.S.
What was the Saturday Evening Post?
This person encouraged the idea of a women's service branch in the Army.
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
This program consisted of volunteers who trained male and female pilots.
What was the Navy Women's Reserve (WAVES)?
Fixing the car, managing the finances, or working in defense plants were all considered this, and women had to learn how to do them.
What are "masculine jobs?"
People started to change the standards for women by allowing these.
What is more masculine clothing and jobs?
Rosie the Riveter was originally created by Norman Rockwell, and was posted for the world to see on this date.
When was May 29, 1943?
Women were officially accepted into the military in this year, opening up a new world of new opportunities.
When was 1941?
The Women's Army Corp was originally called this before they later renamed it.
What was the Women's Army Auxiliary Corp (WAAC)?
If women did not fight the war on the front line, they did these jobs.
What are driving trucks, repairing airplanes, working as laboratory technicians, rigging parachutes, serving as radio operatives, analyzing photographs, flying military aircraft across the country, and testing newly repaired airplanes?
Make a connection: Women helping out in the war empowered women to fight for this in decades to come.
What are more opportunities and equal pay?