Rosie the Riveter

From what I have recently read about Rosie the Riveter and other women who took place at the home front, I was able to come to the conclusion that the women in WWI were much different than the women in WWII. The main differences that interested me were the fact that in WWI women were used on propaganda posters as vulnerable and latching onto the men. The women were all dressed up and the posters tried to persuade the men that if they were to go to the army they would get pretty women like these. This was clear to me that in WWI excitement about the war was trying to spread to every man and convince him to join. However, in WWII it was clear that the word got around of how bad being on the battlefront actually was, and the women as well began to get tougher. Now was it not only a tough job on the battlefront but also at the home front. Women no longer were dressing up, "We had to dress in pants and tops with no frills and no jewelry. We didn't worry about our hands or our nails. We weren't there for the glamour. We were there to work and we got our faces dirty" said Munn, a drill press operator in 1942. Rosie the Riveter was an icon for women in her red polka dot bandana saying, "We can do it!" She was a positive image to women saying that they too were able to take part in a tougher aspect of the war and not just sit at home watching time go by. I think Rosie the Riveter became a role model to not only mothers at home but to also men fighting on the battlefront, knowing they weren't alone fighting the war. Rosie the Riveter was named after Rose Will Monroe from Kentucky who worked in the U.S Army Air Force building b-29 and b-24 bombers, and was later asked to take part in a promotional video about the war effort at home. That later led to her famous debut of Rosie the Riveter and was featured on the common poster of feminist movements saying, "We can do it!"