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Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II
Rosie the Riveter Women Working on the Home Front in World War II Author:Penny Colman Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. When America's men went off to — war in 1942, millions of women were recruited, through posters and other — propaganda, to work at non-traditional jobs. In defense plants, factories, — offices, and everywhere else workers were needed, they were--for the first — time--well paid and financially independen... more »t. But eventually the war ended, and
the government and industries that had once persuaded them to work for the war
effort now instructed them to return home and take care of their husbands and
children. Based on interviews and original research by noted historian Penny
Colman, Rosie the Riveter shows young readers how women fought World War