Rosie The Riveter: The Symbol Of Women

Rosie the Riveter the symbol of women During the World War II, a symbol was born to represent women on the work duty. Throughout this period, there was a notable increase of women with employment in the munition industry because all men were doing the physical work on the army. The society was realizing that women were fully capable of doing a job where only men were hired. The History Staff says that between 1940 and 1945, the female percentage of the U.S. workforce increased from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent (2010). Since then, the image of Rosie the Riveter has been adapted to represent not only the women of the United States but also different races such as Afro-American. The Afro-American concept have couple similarities with the original Rosie Riveter. …show more content…
The original Rosie the Riveter tried to convey that women have the right to work in any job field like men because in that time it was rare to see a woman working. With the crisis of the lack of jobs during the World War II, the government found is necessary to offer work for women, but they realized that women can also perform very well like men. However, the male chauvinism was still preventing the full recognition of women workers. Men used to think that women must take care of the kids and the house. With this Rosie’s new Afro-American edition was sought to achieve a positive change in the labor field for colored women too. Now there exists more equality than before; however, it could still be