In 1940, just more than 11 million women were employed outside the home. By the end of World War II, that number had spiked to more than 20 million women. Part of the reason for the jump was the ...

The National World War Two Museum and the Gary Sinise Foundation celebrate the trailblazing women who worked in the American ...

Rosie the Riveter is known as a cultural icon that encouraged women to join the workforce during wartime. But the name is often associated with the 1942 “We Can Do It!” poster created by J.

Above her were the inspiring words "We Can Do It!" The woman in Miller's poster soon came to be known as "Rosie the Riveter" after musicians Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb released a popular song ...

Naomi Parker Fraley – thought to have been the model for the woman in the celebrated “We Can Do It!” poster – has now died, at the age of 96. The term “Rosie the Riveter” was used in ...

You've likely seen the iconic image before - a woman in a red polka-dot bandana, rolling up her sleeve and flexing her muscle ...

And women had secured their place in history and proved their value in the workplace. The classic image of “Rosie the Riveter ...

One Bucks County real-life “Rosie the Riveter ... things we left behind is what we've done for women.” Krier said she wants women to always remember these four words: “We can do it.” ...

A “Rosie” painted by the famed Norman Rockwell, which appeared on the cover of the May 29, 1943 issue of the Saturday Evening Post, was far more well-known by Americans at the time. That Rosie, ...

During World War II, nearly 6 million women joined together to help the war effort. The group was represented by the iconic ...

By Kathy Chouteau In 1942, after spotting a Department of Defense advertisement recruiting workers, Omezelle Gipson boarded a ...