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Rosie the Riveter

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  • Victory Vixens: You think Rosie the Riveter was the bomb, wait’ll you get a load of these dames!

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

  • Victory Vixens: You think Rosie the Riveter was the bomb, wait’ll you get a load of these dames!

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

  • Victory Vixens: You think Rosie the Riveter was the bomb, wait’ll you get a load of these dames!

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

  • Victory Vixens: You think Rosie the Riveter was the bomb, wait’ll you get a load of these dames!

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

  • Tom Brokaw has told us all about Rosie the Riveter, victory gardens, and bond drives, but we hear nothing about the workers in defense plants who went on strike—and were called selfish, unpatriotic, and even traitorous.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Walton's backers say that legendary paintings such as Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveter, now part of the Crystal Bridges collection, deserve to be seen in rural America, not just in big cities such as Boston, New York and Los Angeles.

    Walton-backed museum sends ripples across USA 2011

  • Walton's backers say that legendary paintings such as Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveter, now part of the Crystal Bridges collection, deserve to be seen in rural America, not just in big cities such as Boston, New York and Los Angeles.

    Walton-backed museum sends ripples across USA 2011

  • It turns out that Rosie the Riveter was not a huge fan of riveting:

    The real Rosie Ezra Klein 2010

  • Rosie the Riveter was the title of a popular 1940s song.

    'Rosie the Riveter' from WWII poster dies 2010

  • In contrast to Rosie the Riveter, however, they did not leave the world of work and responsibility when the men returned; instead, they devoted the rest of their lives to bringing about social, educational, and, in the end, political change.

    Wait Till Next Year Doris Kearns Goodwin 1997

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