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1 Rosie the Riveter Presentation By: Francesca Browne

2 Work for Females ●1940-1945: percentage of female workers rose 10% ●war effort

3 Rosie the Riveter ●US Government campaign ●Goal: recruit for munitions industry ●iconic image during WWII

4 Impact ●aviation had the biggest increase o 65% of aircraft force were women o previously 1% ●most successful recruitment tool ●patriotic need for women in the military

5 Increase in Working Women

6 Questions ●What was the goal of the recruitment tool Rosie the Riveter? ●Who employed this recruitment tool? ●What was the main industry it was promoting?

7 Bibliography ●http://www.history.com/topics/world-war- ii/rosie-the-riveterhttp://www.history.com/topics/world-war- ii/rosie-the-riveter ●http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Rivete r (used for photo only)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Rivete r ●http://www.dol.gov/dol/aboutdol/history/herm an/reports/futurework/report/chapter3/main.h tm

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