Rosie the Riveter
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Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon representing American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, symbolizing female empowerment and industrial labor.
Aliases (3)
- Rosie the Riveter (painting) ×1
- We Can Do It! ×1
- We Can Do It! poster ×1
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II propaganda figure
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cultural icon → feminist symbol → |
| associatedWith |
American home front
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World War II → war production → women’s labor history → |
| commemoratedIn |
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| depictedAs |
female factory worker
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strong working woman → |
| emergedDuring |
World War II labor shortages
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| fieldOfWork |
factory work (symbolic)
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industrial labor (symbolic) → shipyard work (symbolic) → |
| gender |
female (symbolic)
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| hasIconicImage |
We Can Do It! poster
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woman in blue work shirt with red polka-dot bandana → |
| hasMemorial |
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
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| hasMotto |
We Can Do It!
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| influenced |
later feminist imagery
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visual culture of women’s empowerment → |
| inPopularCulture |
films
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magazine illustrations → posters → public monuments → song "Rosie the Riveter" → television references → |
| inspiredBy |
real American women defense workers
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| language |
English
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| locationOfCommemoration |
Richmond, California
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| mediaType |
poster character
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propaganda imagery → song character → |
| notableFor |
iconic flexed-arm pose
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representation of women’s wartime labor → |
| relatedTo |
feminism in the United States
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gender roles in wartime → women’s rights movement → |
| represents |
American women who worked in factories during World War II
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American women who worked in shipyards during World War II → |
| symbolizes |
female empowerment
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women in industrial labor → women’s contribution to the war effort → women’s economic independence → |
| timePeriod |
1940s
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| usedFor |
boosting morale on the home front
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encouraging women to join the workforce → recruiting women into wartime industrial jobs → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Rosie the Riveter
("We Can Do It! poster")
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hasIconicImage |
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Rosie the Riveter
("We Can Do It!")
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hasMotto |
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Norman Rockwell
("Rosie the Riveter (painting)")
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hasNotableWork |
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United States home front during World War II
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iconicSymbol |
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Norman Rockwell
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notableWork |