Talk:Rosie the Riveter

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[edit] The Other Rosie

I remember watching a show (NOVA, maybe?) where they depicted Rosie and talked about how after the war was ended, they wanted women back in the homes so they created another piece of propaganda depicting Rosie as a housewife again. I'm trying to google some info about that and I thought for sure it would be here. If I find it I'll edit the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.215.166.207 (talk) 02:09, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The various models used in the pictures.

Should this article link to the real life womenwho were used in the posters, like Geraldine Doyle, Rosie Will Monroe and Mary Doyle Keefe? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.199.192.110 (talk) 15:31, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comments?

I have used Wikipedia for a long time i think it is a very informational site. I use it to check out cool facts in history and previous happenings. I am in the 5th grade and my teacher loves to use it too! P.S. Keep up the good work!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.117.103.189 (talk) 20:17, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. It means a lot to the people that put effort into this site. ...Though I haven't ever edited this article in particular. - Boss1000 16:44, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

I am a high school student and i used wikipedia to do a precisis at school. This site was vey informational and was very useful. I also used the fashion site and it taught me alot about the fashion history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.184.245.248 (talk) 19:55, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Too bad it didn't teach you how to spell!bitch! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.157.32.210 (talk) 02:28, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
No need to be rude. I consider it very kind for a person to take the time to be grateful for the hard work of others, though I would suggest trying to find the proper place to do it (this page it to talk about the article, Rosie the Riveter). - Boss1000 16:44, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Confusion

The article seems a bit confused. It appears that Rockwell's cover was the 1940s icon, and that the "We Can Do It!" poster only became popular in later years because of its copyright status. The article should be less explicit in identifying the "We Can Do It!" poster as the definitive Rosie. See here.--Pharos 15:23, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Air Force

The article says that Ms. Rose Monroe built planes for the Air Force during WWII, however the Air Force wasn't created until after the war in 1947. Anyone have an explanation for that?

In 1942, it would have been the United States Army Air Forces.--Pharos 03:31, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Close but no cigar. It would have been the United States Army Air Corps through 1941, , which would then include the 1st Air Force, 8th Air Force, 9th Air Force, etc. Let me correct myself, Phraros is correct that in 1942 if became the United States Army Air Forces. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 18:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC) Stan

[edit] Stamp image

Do we really need the stamp image in this article? It's identical to the poster, so wouldn't it suffice to have a sentence saying, "In 1999 the USPS released a stamp featuring the famous poster with the caption 'Celebrate the Century - 1940s - Women Support War Effort'"? If there are no objections within say, a week, I'll remove it. howcheng {chat} 22:45, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I think the stamp should be left there.. I know it's identical to the poster and all, however, it does show how popular that image became. If there was just left a reference to the stamp, people would be asking for a picture of the stamp to be found and put up, regardless of the fact it's identical. 72.147.89.244 04:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rosie not the same Rosie

I found another news website that states that Rose Monroe is not the Rosie the riveter that is used in the posters, here's a link i think you should all read through it.67.172.225.189 01:59, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

A Real-Life "Rosie the Riveter" [[[1]]]

That's not a news website, it's a publisher of children's textbooks. I'm not saying they're completely unreliable, but even high-level textbooks are known to be rife with errors. It would be interesting to know what their source is. Kafziel Talk 04:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Rosie has been inspirational in the past to all working woman. I think we need someone like that today.


[edit] Risinglass?

The article says "goggles on and a risinglass protective shield." Should that be Isinglass? tim 18:44, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

I believe the quotation is referring to a welding helmet (see [2]). --Jopo (talk) 09:06, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Non-notable Rosie in lead

I removed the following from the lead, as it did not seem notable enough, but I'm stashing it here, since it had a reference. —johndburger 02:54, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

(Many "Rosies" included Rose Bonavita, who along with a partner drilled 900 holes and drove over 3,300 rivets into an airplane in 1943.[1])
  1. ^ Curran, John J. (January 2002). Peekskill History. City of Peekskill, New York. Retrieved on 2007-08-14.

[edit] History

They never made B-29s at Willow Run--only B-24 Liberators. So if the infamous Rose Monroe indeed helped make B-29s, she had to have done it somewhere else, and as far as I know, they never made B-29s anywhere else in the Detroit area.

Stephan Wilkinson —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.82.9.79 (talk) 15:02, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Publicity shot only?

Has anyone looked closely at the lathe in the WomanFactory1940s.jpg image, recently featured as a stand-alone image? As far as I can tell there is no work piece bolted to the face plate, no tools in the turret lathe turret, and nothing is spinning! The hard work being applied would appear fictitious. Robbie Morrison. 18:33, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

You're right. I admire the image for its quality, but especially in the 1940s it's hard to imagine that they could have taken such a phenomenal "action" shot. Clearly, it had to have been staged. The question then becomes whether this was a model or a real factory woman who was posed for the shoot. -- Eliyahu S Talk 06:59, 7 February 2008 (UTC)