Who was the motivation behind women working? Emily Dickinson poem “my Life had stood- a Loaded Gun” (1862-1864) and Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveters (1943) poster challenged woman’s expectation of working. Rockwell’s intent of the poster was to show men that women were not at home anymore. That they were pushing back on the social norm. Rosie was a working woman, with dirt on her boots and a rivet gun in her hand to work on machinery needed for World War II (1939-1945). There is one woman’s account in an article called “American Women in a World at War” (2002) by Judy Barrett Litoff and David C. Smith that conveys this message of woman being more independent in the 40’s. Edith Speert write to her husband who is at war and will be returning soon “ I must admit I’m not exactly the same girl you left- I’m twice as independent as I used to be” (Litoff and Smith 10). Dickinson wanted to convey the same message to her readers by giving women high status. She writes “Our good Day done- I guard My Master's Head-” meaning that she is above him, she is the protector. Normally during the 1860’s it was the other way around. I see this quote as she, the narrator, being the higher power. Both of these works were not close in time but they both relate to today.
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The American dream was created and prevalent in this time. What we say that the American dream is a family all together and cooking a on the grill in an all American house with a white picket fence in the back yard. As we have gone through this unit I have clearly learned that this is not true. I have proved the women worked during the 50’s and created the start to get equal rights. I have wrote about the American family in the films that were produced during the 50’s and how war affected the whole nation. In my papers I try to connect what we learn to modern day examples because that personal help me through the learning
The American dream was created and prevalent in this time. What we say that the American dream is a family all together and cooking a on the grill in an all American house with a white picket fence in the back yard. As we have gone through this unit I have clearly learned that this is not true. I have proved the women worked during the 50’s and created the start to get equal rights. I have wrote about the American family in the films that were produced during the 50’s and how war affected the whole nation. In my papers I try to connect what we learn to modern day examples because that personal help me through the learning