Rosie the Riveter

This essay has employed the word ‘fan’ in more than one instance. Yet, what is a fan? It is someone who admires or loves an object of fandom such as a celebrity, a movie, or a sports team, for instance, and has extensive knowledge of that object (Kloet & van Zoonen, 2007, p.323). Moreover, fans feel a deep emotional connection as well as an attachment to their fandom, which leads them to pass a considerate amount of time on it (Kloet & van Zoonen, 2007, p.323). Additionally, fans are likely to…

time period was during WW2. Whenever they started having women workers, so the picture on the campaign, shows the women- Rosie the Riveter. The he iconic figure of a strong female war production…

Posters such as Rosie the Riveter, by J. Howard Miller , with it 's bright patriotic colors, facial and body positions, and effective writing brought feminine social change by opening up workforce opportunities and bringing contributions to the war effort. The picture of Rosie the Riveter, was put up everywhere during the war period to boost up patriotism. The creator, J. Howard Miller , used a subtle…

Rosie the Riveter Revisited: Women, The War, and Social Change details the lives of “the real Rosie the riveters” through oral history. Gluck interviews multiple women that lived during World War 2 as they expose the real aspects of daily life of women during WW2. Throughout this book these interviewee personal stories gives life to the iconic symbol of the Rosie The Riveter character portrayed in the mass distributed poster by J. Howard Miller that became a symbolic depiction of working women…

Before the 1940’s, women in the workplace was uncommon and frowned upon; women were to be housewives and specifically designated to the home, until the start of WWII. Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon has forever shaped and changed the role of women in society. During WWII Rosie represented the women that helped in shipyards while the men of the country were out fighting in the war; this still being a time where it’s uncommon for a woman to even be in the workplace. This has given society a…

The first poster features two soldiers working on an army vehicle, in the background you can see a fiery battlefield. The top of the flyer, which is red, reads "FRONT-LINE BREAKDOWNS CAN LOSE BATTLES" -in white letters- and the bottom, which is blue, reads "THAT'S WHY OUR WORKMANSHIP COUNTS" -in white letters-. The red white and blue adds patriotic imagery, the bold capital lettering helps grab the readers attention. The poster promotes good craftsmanship in the auto factories as a way of aiding…

On a Clorox ad, Rosie the riveter is placed on there to represent how powerful she is and how the cleaning product is just as powerful as her. The Mr. clean ad represents the same meaning for men and the cleaning product. In the novel “Things Fall Apart” the main character Okonkwo has this fear that people would look at him like he is his father. Although these both of these ads could also have separate meanings according to one’s opinion. Rosie the riveter was used back then as propaganda for…

Starting December, 1941, the United States entered a global affair otherwise known as World War II. This war forced every capable individual of stepping up to the plate, and doing what the country needed at the time. Not only did men get sent overseas, women did too by finding themselves in Europe and numerous Pacific Islands. Besides women taking part in the war eastward, they had a duty to help on American soil. Although this was unprecedented, at least to this extent, women knew they needed…

being of World War II; more women were allowed the opportunity to enter the workforce. As men were being sent into war, women were working the factories and building the instruments needed to fight a war. Connie Field’s “The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter,” discusses the iconic image of a working woman that was used to inspire housewives to ‘do their part in the war,’ and work in the factories. One woman in the interview, Lola Weixel, stated about the work, “Actually, it could be learned,…

The women in the film Iron Jawed Angels and Rosie the Riveter was impacted by the “personal is political”. The decision to become an activist or not or to support the politics or not, embracing the fact that many of the women individuals experience issues, problems that are not their fault but oppression. Women always have been informed that they are dumb, unhappy, weak, pregnant, emotional bitch, the slogan suggest that we ladies are in bad circumstances since they encounter gendered…