Rosie the Riveter
Rosie was the face of wartime feminism; the rolled sleeve and red bandana, the icon of “We Can Do It.” But Rosie the Riveter was a symbol, a myth, made by men, to serve the purpose of war. This episode isn’t about who Rosie was. It’s about who she wasn’t. It’s about the women who built battleships but couldn’t open bank accounts. About art used to recruit, not liberate. About creativity conscripted when it is conscripted by empire. And what happens when a symbol becomes more powerful than the truth it erased.
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The True Story of Rosie the Riveter--History Channel
The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line
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