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Rosie The Riveter Quotes

5 quotes from 5 authors

Seeing Rosie the Riveter through five brief voices shows why the icon still sparks pride. One writer declares, “I was a Rosie the Riveter—I'm really proud of that,” while another notes wartime daycare for working mothers. If you like this blend of personal memory and history, check Women in WWII and Workplace Equality.

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'Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that…

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To look back at history, during WWII, Rosie the Riveter and all that, when women needed to get to work, the US…

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“Nowdays, Rosie the Rivetere was a former soccer mom who had just opened her own catering business when Last Night came down…

Colson Whitehead

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I was a Rosie the Riveter. I'm really proud of that.

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“It's the forties look," she says to George, hand on her hip, doing a pirouette. "Rosie the Riveter. From the war. Remember…

Margaret Atwood

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