How Many Rosie The Riveters Were There? ***Mommy’s name is Rosie!
Many tributes and homages have been paid to Rosie over the years, and there have been multiple iterations of the iconic image. Tributes to Rosie The Riveter in popular culture include:
During the “Rosie era” there was a brief time when a “Wendy the Welder” character was circulated based on a worker at a California-based shipyard.
“Josephine the Plumber” was a 1960s character in a series of TV commercials for Comet cleansing powder.
Pop singer Pink appeared in a music video for Raise Your Glass as a Rosie character/tribute.
Beyoncé also dressed as a We Can Do It!-style Rosie in 2014.
The popular video game BioShock features a character named Rosie who carries a rivet gun.
DC Comics’ Green Lantern series featured a character called Rosie The Riveter, who carries a rivet gun as a weapon.
A short 2017 book, The Women Behind Rosie the Riveter: Working for the U.S. War Effort, chronicles the Rosie movement for young readers.
Celebrating Rosie The Riveter Day isn’t done on a national scale the way Memorial Day or Veterans Day is, but the message is just as important. Rosie represents a time when there were major cultural shifts for women in the workplace; it was the beginning of a much-needed evolution of society apart from the war effort.
CREDIT: Article excerpt from Rosie The Riveter Day, Veteran.com - Joe Wallace is a 13-year veteran of the United States Air Force and a former reporter for Air Force Television News, Author
