History As Historical Documents By Rodney F. Allen

“ The yeomanettes, as the women were called, worked as clerks, draftsmen, translator, camouflage designers, and recruiters - all jobs once held by men. A lot of women applied to be members of the Signal Corps. But only around two hundred women are being selected and will be going to France.they are required to speak French and English. They need for nurses is big at the war front. Many women joined the American Red Cross to become nurses.It’s the patriotic duty of every man, woman, and child to join the Red Cross. Why wait to be asked? Be a volunteer.”(Kim, H. Tae). This was a slogan used by the American Red Cross to encourage Americans to join the American Red Cross. Nurses at the war front are facing cold weather , lack of water supplies, and long working hours with not time left for them. They are also suffering from trauma from seeing men die,men getting amputations, and hearing the guns and bonds 24/7. Being a nurse in the war front is not

The second World War resulted in a demand for workers after men began leaving for the war. Due to a lot of the working men in America going overseas as well as the demand for war products, women became a major source of labor. Propaganda began to address women, persuading them that it was their duty to start working for the men. The film The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter gives personal accounts of some of the hardships women faced in the era surrounding WWII, and how the media was used to create a desire for women to work.

Women during the war became nurses, cost guards, sold war bonds, telephone operators, anything that needed to be done. When the men left for war the women stepped into to every role. Women's hard work showed that they were not as fragile as men believed and they were capable of everything a man could do. A large part of America's success in the war is attributed to the work of women. The work of women also helped convince President Wilson to support women's rights. If women had not of worked during the war men would have continued to believe women were not capable of what they were. But their hard work and dedication put women on an equal level of intelligence and strength as men. This convinced many men women deserved the right to vote. Thought women's work during the war showed their capabilities, it still took them another two years to gain their right to vote, showing this reason did not ultimately win them their rights. Without Carrie Chapman Catt's work inspiring women, many would not have worked during the war, not allowing men to see their

The source is unreliable for a historian studying the role of women in Britain during WWI, as it is extremely limited in scope and content, depicting only one woman’s job, thus ignoring all other jobs completed by women during WWI. Furthermore, the British government most likely produced this image for public consumption; to be a form of propaganda, however it lacks bias due to it being a photo. Additionally, the source is extremely limited in perspective, as it is deprived of the perspective evident within a written

World War I is known as one of the most devastating wars in history, killing over millions of people. The conflict was between the Allied forces (Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, United States) and the Central Powers (Austria-Hungry, Bulgaria, Germany, Ottoman Empire) which led to a split in nations. One of the causes of World War I was due to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand who is the archduke of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo. As a result, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and other European nations joined in. Women had many roles like persuading their husband to take part in the war, becoming nurses to aid for the injured soldiers, and taking care of their family. For today’s class we will be looking at documents and propaganda

To what extent were “Rosie the Riveter” and “Bren Gun Girl” important symbols for women?

The Civil War was a harsh time for many peoples families and all the people fighting. The war started April 12, 1861 to April 13, 1865, it lasted four years and a day, which in that time period many soldiers were wounded and killed in battle. Within the time period of four years and one day about 620,000 soldiers died in this war which means it was a horrific fight within the time it was going on. The Civil War had a big impact on america and the people in it, especially women.

During the history of the United States of America, there have been millions of influential women. Some include Harriet Tubman, Coretta Scott King, Eleanor Roosevelt. These women helped change America. However, there was a silent army of women who have barely gotten half the recognition they deserve. They revolutionized America’s wartime economy. And this revolutions’ leader was Rosie the Riveter. Rosie the Riveter inspired women who had never worked before to rise up and take over the workforce. She became the face of the silent army who helped America and its allies win the war.

Rosie the Riveter sparked a cultural phenomenon that changed America’s history, which transformed the idea of the American woman. Historically, Rosie the Riveter was not just one woman, and she was not employed as a riveter. A riveter is someone whose job it was to rivet and a rivet is a tool that helps secure things together (Rivet). Rosie the Riveter surged to fame during the late 1940’s while America was engaged in the Second World War. During this time, the majority of America’s men were off fighting in the war; therefore, the government called women to enter the workforce to keep the economy stable which helped assist in America’s war efforts. John Howard Miller, an artist hired by the War Production Company, in conjunction with the Westinghouse

The iconic figure of women working in shipyards and factories came to term as Rosie

Howard Chandler Christy used females in most of his propaganda posters for World War 1. Howard Christy was a committee artist for the Department of Pictorial Publicity which was a section of the Committee on Public Information. The Committee on Public Information was started by President Woodrow Wilson in order to gain the support needed from the American people to enter World War 1. During the United States involvement in World War 1, the United States published approximately 2500 posters. According to Creel, the Department of Pictorial Publicity created about 700, which was nearly ⅓. The different social functions on Men and Women are evident in Howard Chandler Christy's artwork. How did Howard Chandler Christy convey femininity in his war posters?

With most American men away at war in the 1940's, women entered the work force in droves to keep the country running. They worked in factories, metal working, aviation- basically any field that was left available when American men entered the war. To promote the war-time effort, propoganda posters such as Rosie the Riveter were used along side other famous images such as Uncle Sam and others; urging Americans to buy liberty bonds or join the army. Rosie the Riveter is an American wartime propoganda poster created by Norman Rockwell for the Saturday Evening Post on Memorial Day in 1943. The cover was so popular that the magazine loaned it to the U.S. Treasury Department for the duration of the war for use in war bond drives and as propoganda. Although the

Norman Rockwell’s painting of Rosie the Riveter successfully empowered women of the day and highlighted their contributions to the war effort. This painting is one of the most recognizable paintings from World War II today. Rockwell, although exaggerating the actual figure of his model, accurately displayed the patriotism shown in women of the work force. So much detail was put into the painting that there is a lot to be said as to what Rockwell was trying to convey.

During World War II, propaganda was used heavily to encourage people at home to support the war effort in any way they could. The posters were directed towards both men and women for many different purposes. However, they all had one main goal and that was to get as many people working together to supply and support the war. Specifically the poster, “Keep Theses Hands Off! Buy The New Victory Bonds” was just one of the many produced during the time period.

I'm Rosie. Rosie the Riveter. I was a cultural icon for women in the us during the time of world war || in the early 1940's. I worked in a factory building munitions and war supplies. My fellow female co-workers and I replaced the male workers that were in the military. Myself, Rosie the Riveter, is commonly used as a symbol of feminism and women's economic power. Rosie the Riveter was first used in a song of the same name in 1942 written by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb. The song portrays a "Rosie" as a tireless assembly worker