Allen has always wanted the poster of "Rosie the Riveter" in our office. Although there have been men who worked at eebeads.com over the years, primarily women have worked here and grown this company to what it is today. While we were in Chicago recently visiting the Museum of Science and Industry, Allen was thrilled to find this poster in the gift shop. It was a little tricky getting the poster home to Pennsylvania without it getting squished, but we did it. We unveiled Rosie at our weekly meeting this week and all the girls here loved it! We put the poster on an office door near our front door so everyone who comes in will see it.
Who is Rosie the Riveter you might ask? The classic figure of Rosie the Riveter was a representation of all hard working women during the WWII era. Mainly targeting women who worked in factories and industrial jobs that were normally given to men, Rosie became an icon for American working women. The need for these working women arose when men left the factories to go off to war. So who exactly is Rosie? The iconic figure was actually inspired by a group of working women whom most were named Rose. Rose Bonavita, Rosalind Walter, Geraldine Doyle, who actually was the model for Rosie in the popular poster, and Rose Monroe were the “real” Rosie’s of WWII. Each of these women varied in class, age, ethnicity, and background but their determined moral is what brought them together to represent the American working woman. They worked in factories helping to produce fighter airplanes, torpedo bombers, as well as other aircraft used for the war. Talk about one tough job! Where would we be without these powerful women helping to be a part of the backbone of our country during the war? They aided in paving the way for our nation as women began to fight for working rights. We can do it!
