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Primary Sources and Picture Books: Rosie the Riveter: The Legacy of an American Icon by Sarah Dvojack

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Auburn-haired, twenty-one-year-old, Belva Fletcher, left, handicapped by progressive paralysis, is still able to do a good job for Uncle Sam. With twenty-five-year-old Henriette Furley, she's painting Y's for airplane engines at the Maryland League for Crippled Children, where this work is done under subcontract to a Baltimore engineering company. Henriette is badly crippled by arthritis and must work standing because of the arthritic condition from which she suffers. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017693408/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Rosener, Ann, photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Created / Published: 1942 Aug.
Subject Headings: -  United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes: -  Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches).
-  Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.
-  Title and other information from caption card.
-  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
-  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
-  Film copy on SIS roll 41, frame 528.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b09731 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b09731

Do It! Save Lives, Stay Home

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2020632232/

Reference note

Summary: Poster shows Rosie the Riveter wearing a face mask. The words in the title "We Can" have been painted over.
Contributor Names: Nicholson, Mike, artist
Amplifier, sponsor
Amplifier, publisher
Created / Published: [Seattle] : Amplifier, 2020.
Subject Headings: -  Rosie the Riveter--(Symbolic character)
-  Public safety--2020
-  Health--2020
-  Face masks--2020
-  Women--2020
-  COVID-19 (Disease)--2020
Genre: Inkjet prints--2020
Posters--2020
Notes: -  Title from item.
-  Alternate title from Amplifier website.
-  Mike Nicholson Los Angeles, California, United States: https://amplifier.org/portfolio-posts/mike-nicholson-do-it/ External
-  "My family decided to make as many mask[s] as we could during our quarantine time. It reminded me of the women call to action during WWII. I think this is our countries moment to work together and show a united compassion for each other." Mike Nicholson
-  On bottom right corner: Mike Nicholson + Amplifier.org.
-  Purchase; Amplifier; 2020; (DLC/PP-2020:074).
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ppss 01111 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppss.01111

We Can Do It!

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2020632233/

Reference note

Summary: Poster shows a health care professional posing like Rosie the Riveter wearing a head cover, face shield, and face mask.
Contributor Names: Kavousi, Pegah, artist
Amplifier, sponsor
Amplifier, publisher
Created / Published: [Seattle] : Amplifier, 2020.
Subject Headings: -  Rosie the Riveter--(Symbolic character)
-  Public safety--2020
-  Health--2020
-  Face masks--2020
-  Women--2020
-  Health care personnel--2020
-  COVID-19 (Disease)--2020
Genre: Inkjet prints--2020
Posters--2020
Notes: -  Title from item.
-  Pegah Kavousi Ashburn, Virginia: https://amplifier.org/portfolio-posts/pegah-kavousi-we-can-do-it/ External
-  "Seeing overworked medical staff and selfies with mask marks on social media, was an inspiration to create a piece that conveys sacrifice, hope, and power at the same time. The design and style is a combination of the iconic Obama "Hope" poster and World War II "We Can Do it" poster. In this creation, I tried to boost hope and show appreciation to the workers on the front lines of the global fight against Covid-19." Pagah Kavousi
-  On bottom right corner: Pagah Kavousi + Amplifier.org.
-  Purchase; Amplifier; 2020; (DLC/PP-2020:074).
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ppss 01112 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppss.01112

"Modern Rosie the riveter"

T-shirt, America3 America's Cup Yacht Racing Team, 1995

Tradeswomen Empowerment Retreat 2003

Advertisement for Dowmetal Magnesium 1945-Jan-15

Sisters in the Brotherhood

US Pizza, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, proudly presents their mural of Uncle Sam flanked by WWI doughboys (right) and WWIIs Rosie the Riveter. Rosies collar button is altered with the number 911, the date of the terrorist attack against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon

Rosie the Riveter socks, Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women, 2017-01-21

Rosie the riveter (electrical assembly line, Hoffman Radio Corporation), 1951 (Image Collection)

"Rosie the Riveter" ...Lockheed Aircraft, 1951 (Collection of Images)

A proclamation: Rosie the Riveter Day, May 21, 2015

WHAT HAS ROSIE THE RIVETER TO DO WITH Fresh Strawberries for Thanksgiving?

Beaumont, Texas. Mammie Fairchild and Dorothy Mason working on a bus at the city transit company

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017856378/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
Created / Published: 1943 May.
Subject Headings: -  United States--Texas--Jefferson County--Beaumont
Genre: Safety film negatives
Notes: -  Title and other information from caption card.
-  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
-  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
-  Temp. note: owibatch4
-  Film copy on SIS roll 9, frame 1867.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8d19840 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d19840

We Can Do It! Rosie the Riveter.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2021669753/

Reference note

Summary: This poster, produced by Westinghouse during World War II for the War Production Co-Ordinating Committee, was part of the national campaign in the United States to enlist women in the workforce. In the face of acute wartime labor shortages, women were needed in the defense industries, the civilian service, and even the armed forces. Publicity campaigns were aimed at encouraging those women who had never before held jobs to join the workforce. Poster and film images glorified and glamorized the roles of working women and suggested that a woman's femininity need not be sacrificed. Women were portrayed as attractive, confident, and resolved to do their part to win the war. Of all the images of working women during World War II, the image of women in factories predominates. Rosie the Riveter--the strong, competent woman dressed in overalls and bandanna--was introduced as a symbol of patriotic womanhood. The accoutrements of war work--uniforms, tools, and lunch pails--were incorporated into the revised image of the feminine ideal.
Contributor Names: War Production Co-ordinating Committee, United States Creator.
Created / Published: [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1942 to 1943]
Subject Headings: -  United States of America
-  1942 to 1945
-  War posters
-  Women
-  Women in war
-  World War, 1939-1945
Notes: -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
-  Original resource extent: 1 color poster.
-  Original resource at: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
-  Content in English.
-  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Digital Id: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.2733

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017859158/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Collier, John, Jr., 1913-1992, photographer
Created / Published: 1943 June.
Subject Headings: -  United States--New Hampshire--Merrimack County--Turkey Pond
Genre: Safety film negatives
Notes: -  Title and other information from caption card.
-  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
-  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
-  Temp. note: owibatch5
-  Film copy on SIS roll 18, frame 1869.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8d39672 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d39672

Negro, Mexican, and white girls are employed at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017829746/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Created / Published: 1942 Apr.
Subject Headings: -  United States--California--San Diego County--San Diego
Genre: Safety film negatives
Notes: -  Title and other information from caption card.
-  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
-  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
-  Temp. note: owibatch1
-  Film copy on SIS roll 1, frame 974.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8d03451 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d03451

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Boats are fitted with various pockets for carrying emergency rations and other equipment. This picture shows outer tube of boat completed before bottom has been applied. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017699636/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Created / Published: 1941 Dec.
Subject Headings: -  United States--Ohio--Summit County--Akron
Genre: Safety film negatives
Notes: -  Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
-  Title and other information from caption card.
-  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
-  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
-  Film copy on SIS roll 30, frame 1072.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b01318 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b01318

Beaumont, Texas. Women workers leaving the Pennsylvania shipyards

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017856444/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
Created / Published: 1943 May.
Subject Headings: -  United States--Texas--Jefferson County--Beaumont
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes: -  Title and other information from caption card.
-  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
-  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
-  Temp. note: owibatch4
-  Film copy on SIS roll 14, frame 1788.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8d30530 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d30530

Women in essential services. Two women railroad workers enjoy a moment of relaxation from their new job in the yards of the Southern Pacific Company in San Francisco

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017697289/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Rosener, Ann, photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Created / Published: 1943 Feb.
Subject Headings: -  United States--California--San Francisco County--San Francisco
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes: -  Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches).
-  Title and other information from caption card.
-  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
-  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
-  Film copy on SIS roll 41, frame 735.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b09912 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b09912

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Marcella Hart, mother of three children, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017878358/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Delano, Jack, 1914-1997, photographer
Created / Published: 1943 April
Subject Headings: -  Chicago and North Western Railway Company
-  World War, 1939-1945
-  Women--Employment
-  Railroad employees
-  United States--Iowa--Clinton
Genre: Transparencies--Color
Notes: -  12002-13.
-  Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
-  General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
-  Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
-  Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178451247 External
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsac 1a34801 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34801

Women welders on the way to their job at the Todd Erie Basin dry dock

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017872126/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
Created / Published: 1943?
Subject Headings: -  United States--Pennsylvania
Genre: Safety film negatives
Notes: -  Title and other information from print in lot.
-  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
-  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
-  Temp. note: owibatch6
-  Film copy on SIS roll 0, frame 0.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8e01109 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8e01109

Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic at the Naval Air Base, in the Assembly and Repair Department, Corpus Christi, Texas

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017878248/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Hollem, Howard R., photographer
Created / Published: 1942 August
Subject Headings: -  United States.--Navy
-  Air bases
-  Women--Employment
-  Airplane industry
-  World War, 1939-1945
-  Civil service
-  United States--Texas--Corpus Christi
Genre: Transparencies--Color
Notes: -  12002-18.
-  Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
-  General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
-  Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
-  Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179224580 External
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsac 1a34886 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34886

Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room, C. & N.W. R.R., Clinton, Iowa

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017878365/

Reference note

Summary: Photograph shows Marcella Hart at left, Mrs. Elibia Siematter at right.
Contributor Names: Delano, Jack, 1914-1997, photographer
Created / Published: 1943 April
Subject Headings: -  Chicago and North Western Railway Company
-  World War, 1939-1945
-  Eating & drinking
-  Women--Employment
-  Railroad employees
-  Hats
-  United States--Iowa--Clinton
Genre: Transparencies--Color
Notes: -  12002-13.
-  Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
-  General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
-  Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
-  Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178452567 External
-  Published in: "Images of America" chapter of the ebook Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2013.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsac 1a34808 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34808

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017878540/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
Created / Published: 1943 Feb.
Subject Headings: -  Airplane industry
-  Women--Employment
-  World War, 1939-1945
-  Bombers
-  Drilling
-  United States--Tennessee--Nashville
Genre: Transparencies--Color
Notes: -  The tool in the image might be a rivet gun, rather than a hand drill as stated in the caption. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2020)
-  12002-41.
-  Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
-  General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
-  Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
-  Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179038448 External
-  Published in: "War" chapter of the ebook Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2013.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsac 1a35371 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35371
cph 3d02219 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3d02219

New Britain, Connecticut. Women welders at the Landers, Frary, and Clark plant

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017859313/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, photographer
Created / Published: 1943 June.
Subject Headings: -  United States--Connecticut--Hartford County--New Britain
Genre: Safety film negatives
Notes: -  Title and other information from caption card.
-  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
-  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
-  Temp. note: owibatch5
-  Film copy on SIS roll 18, frame 1977.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8d39781 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d39781

Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017878315/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Hollem, Howard R., photographer
Created / Published: 1942 Oct.
Subject Headings: -  Rosie the Riveter--(Symbolic character)
-  Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
-  Airplane industry
-  World War, 1939-1945
-  Women--Employment
-  Bombers
-  United States--Texas--Fort Worth
Genre: Transparencies--Color
Notes: -  12002-19.
-  Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
-  General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
-  Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
-  Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179234320 External
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsac 1a34953 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34953

Drilling on a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017878325/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Hollem, Howard R., photographer
Created / Published: 1942 Oct.
Subject Headings: -  Airplane industry
-  World War, 1939-1945
-  Drilling
-  Women--Employment
-  Bombers
-  United States--Texas--Fort Worth
Genre: Transparencies--Color
Notes: -  12002-19.
-  Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
-  General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
-  Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
-  Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179235780 External
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsac 1a34963 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34963