That is/was her full name. She was a fictional character created for Propaganda purposes by the US government during the war.
The female icon who represented woman who worked in factories during world war 2 in order to fill the vacancies left by the men enrolled in the service was Rosie the Riveter. She did not only represented feminism but also women's economic power.
Rosie the Riveter. The nickname was given so that people could talk about a woman factory worker without having to say "woman factory worker."
The fictional character Rosie the Riveter was on World War II posters that illustrated the entry of women into new areas of the workforce when many of the men entered the armed forces.However, the woman who posed for the original J. Howard Miller poster ("We can do it!") was Geraldine Doyle, who died at age 86 on December 26, 2010. The woman who was the model for Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post cover was Shirley Karp Dick, who died at 85 on January 15, 2009.
Rosie the Riveter, (a name used to describe every woman working in a factory in WWII), built the tanks, ships, planes, and other weapons used by the men to kill the Germans, Italians, and Japanese on the battlefield. Without the weapons built by the women, the men would have had to fight the Axis with their bare hands, or men who could serve in the Armed Forces, would have had to stay back in the USA and build the weapons used.
The "Leave it to Beaver" type mom was the stereotype of the fifties woman.
The female icon who represented woman who worked in factories during world war 2 in order to fill the vacancies left by the men enrolled in the service was Rosie the Riveter. She did not only represented feminism but also women's economic power.
Rosie the Riveter was a symbol for the American woman during World War II. She stood for the strength of the woman while the man was gone and encouraged women to go into fields such as manufacturing to support the effort. The actual Riveter was Rosaria Montincio.
Rosie the Riveter. The nickname was given so that people could talk about a woman factory worker without having to say "woman factory worker."
her name was Rosie the Riveter
Rosie The Riveter. Modeled after Geraldine Doyle.
Rosie the Riveter was never married. She was a fictional character used to get women to take over jobs that the men left behind as they went to fight in the war.
The fictional character Rosie the Riveter was on World War II posters that illustrated the entry of women into new areas of the workforce when many of the men entered the armed forces.However, the woman who posed for the original J. Howard Miller poster ("We can do it!") was Geraldine Doyle, who died at age 86 on December 26, 2010. The woman who was the model for Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post cover was Shirley Karp Dick, who died at 85 on January 15, 2009.
Rosie the Riveter is the female icon of Word War II. She is the home-front equivalent of G.I. Joe. She represents any woman defense worker. And for many women, she's an example of a strong, competent foremother.
Rosie the Riveter was very important because she helped women in WW2 have more hope in become successful, job wise. She was a woman who was made up but her role in WW2 was that she made airplanes.
That's Rosie the Riveter.
"Rosie the Riveter" was actually not a single woman, but rather a symbolic name given to the female work force in the United States to encourage women to join the effort in "serving on the home-front." However the picture on the Propaganda posters is actually modeled after a female worker of the time.
ha ha im doing a history crossword with same question its Rosie the Riveter