The real story behind this war poster
Rosie the riveter is iconic. But what’s the real story behind the poster?
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In this episode of Vox Almanac, Vox’s Phil Edwards explores the story behind the women riveters of World War II.
During World War II, millions of women entered manufacturing and the workforce in general. How did the labor pool change so dramatically, so quickly? And how does it connect to the familiar poster of Rosie the riveter that people still love today?
These riveters came from other industries and outside the workforce, guided with the help of private industry and some government agencies. The US Employment Service helped place men and women at wartime jobs, and the Women’s Bureau and War Manpower Commission helped find and train that labor.
The traditional Rosie the riveter story is not without its omissions: white women benefited most from labor changes, and many of the riveters were already in the labor force before World War II began. But in a significant way, World War II did change work for women around the United States.
Further Reading
Karen Anderson’s Wartime Women (books.google.com/books/about/...) is the definitive book about Women’s Labor in World War II. It tells the story of the changing labor pool with extensive research into government, corporate, and union records.
FRASER, the Federal Reserve’s Library, is one of the easiest places to find Women’s Bureau records and papers (it’s where the ones in this video were downloaded from).
fraser.stlouisfed.org/author/...
Creating Rosie the Riveter by Maureen Honey offers a peek into another aspect of wartime recruitment: propaganda distributed by the government to magazines and newspapers to promote the wartime agenda.
books.google.com/books?id=3-O...
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"Oh, that's swell..." That woman had big, "bless your heart" energy.
@FauveIsNotFunnyM
4 жыл бұрын
Took the words right outta my mouth..
@djbis
4 жыл бұрын
haha, true.
@loriburdick1798
4 жыл бұрын
@@FauveIsNotFunnyM I seedsss¹sddvvv vvvva
@Sam-oz8pn
4 жыл бұрын
6:48 to 6:58 is the clip
@mightymistermike
4 жыл бұрын
I got some passive-agressive vibes from her. Reminded me of Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter. So it's more like "Bless your heart... if you do what I tell you to do".
This is a nice break from the nonstop covid videos we've been getting 😌 All those videos have been great and informative, but sometimes it's just hard to hear about the same topic so much. Especially one as depressing as the pandemic
@Belioyt
4 жыл бұрын
Why are you seeking out videos covering covid?
@beneli7840
4 жыл бұрын
agree...
@Akidagoat
4 жыл бұрын
@@Belioyt 🤬
@andresbaron5189
4 жыл бұрын
Haydn Koeller maybe if u stop clicking on them, youtube will give you other options more often
@Belioyt
4 жыл бұрын
@JAMES FARIA being a subscriber doesn't mean you have to watch all videos or content by the channel.
I’m proud of my grandma, a Rosie the Riveter. She made torpedo propellers.
@docwulff907
4 жыл бұрын
Same, mine on my dad's side built bombs (mines) in a production line.
@alexie832
4 жыл бұрын
Ooooo! I salute your grandma
@docwulff907
4 жыл бұрын
@@sneed472 especially with the uncanny feeling when words that are being spoken don't fit the mouth shape and movements *shudders*
My grandma was the DJ at an aircraft factory in Detroit. One of my favorire photos is of her inside the booth surrounded by records. She set the mood for the riveters
@Lovely-sv1ye
4 жыл бұрын
Wow that’s cool!
@gatishpriyadarshi7926
4 жыл бұрын
Cool
@allisonsky7230
3 жыл бұрын
That’s superior
You can see both of the women's smiles' falter when asked about leaving their jobs for men. kinds sad.
@skeletorcavani4046
4 жыл бұрын
Simp
@bestcity0979
4 жыл бұрын
@@skeletorcavani4046 bruhh
@ganzorig4143
4 жыл бұрын
@@skeletorcavani4046 bruh respecting women vs being overly pretentious to women is different thing
@Fia-ps6ur
4 жыл бұрын
Luvsan Dorj Bruh, teenagers normally don’t understand the word when they use it :v
@officerminiwheats
4 жыл бұрын
That's not necessarily the case. A lot of women kept their jobs after the war especially in technology
The most antique thing in this video is seeing people less than 6 feet apart.
@farida.
4 жыл бұрын
Ikr 😕😭🥺
@conejitorosada2326
4 жыл бұрын
I guess you're single then
Its sad to see how they used them during the war , and make them give up the job once the war ended
@korneliusheydrich4095
4 жыл бұрын
Not really that surprising too, did you see how they treat the veterans(Even now) when they got home
@StimParavane
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, because men were putting their lives at risk overseas to protect democracy and freedom. It's sad that people don't appreciate this.
@myaayed3736
4 жыл бұрын
@@StimParavane people do realise this, he just pointing out how the government only let women work when it's on their own term's and then takes away their jobs when the war was over.
@StimParavane
4 жыл бұрын
Hello Hello Convincing women to work long hours for companies that do not care about them in the slightest rather than creating a loving home environment is the best trick the 1% have pulled on ordinary people.
@harshitbansal3413
4 жыл бұрын
@@StimParavane women can build there own company and still take care of home , my mom is one
Hurrah for all women who changed the world to become a better place!!
@officerminiwheats
4 жыл бұрын
And all the Russian men who died to stop nazism. There is an entire missing generation because of that
@msr_77
4 жыл бұрын
Dr. AteKk I serve the Soviet Union
@taijufml
4 жыл бұрын
And everyone who died in the war efforts.
@Bluecsatorna
3 жыл бұрын
@@officerminiwheats Making the word a better place yeah sure, ask all those east-european countries who got surpressed by the soviets who made the ppl fear for their lives
And they didn’t expect the whole house to be clean and dinner served when they came home
@StimParavane
4 жыл бұрын
Take responsibility for your home environment.
@longlivethechief2373
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah cos their husbands were being slaughtered in the killing fields of Europe
The woman that posed for that image passed away Roseland Walter has an amazing background...she was nintey five...
@jasminepascasio3702
4 жыл бұрын
Wasn’t her name Rosalind Palmer
@ba45f723
4 жыл бұрын
@@jasminepascasio3702 Rosalind Palmer married Henry Glendon Walter Jr and became Rosalind Walter
@CarlosPrieto
4 жыл бұрын
N.W.A. ☠️☠️☠️
@KrebsLovesFiesh
4 жыл бұрын
It is bait. Don't engage.
@saram5964
3 жыл бұрын
rosalind p walter was the first rosie the riveter but she wasn’t the one who posed for the photo. naomi parker fraley was the women in the photo
Always glad to learn about something that was such an iconic part of history. Vox never disappoints.
@muhammedzulfikhar5929
4 жыл бұрын
Hello again 👋😀
@salimaa9209
4 жыл бұрын
hello there 'day X of asking fakejake to say i'm fakob jakob' man
@muhammedzulfikhar5929
4 жыл бұрын
@@salimaa9209 huh?
@muhammedzulfikhar5929
4 жыл бұрын
Just some guy without a mustache It's a wierd question but , are you Muslim?
@zzzz44400
4 жыл бұрын
Lol You're everywhere.😂
this is ludicrously interesting
@sugarthedextrosity
4 жыл бұрын
i absolutely agree, they're so entertaining, and very professional
@maddieking4015
4 жыл бұрын
Riveting, some might say
@sugarthedextrosity
4 жыл бұрын
@@maddieking4015 you freaking genius
@alexfido2935
4 жыл бұрын
@@maddieking4015 HOW DARE YOU TAKE MY JOKE
What a riveting video! (I’ll see myself out)
@ni.ko3869
4 жыл бұрын
i felt my stomach turning inside out reading that
@MnMsandOreos
4 жыл бұрын
ni.ko386 what can I say, I go for the low hanging fruit
I work at a shipyard that's been around for about 130 years. During WW2 they had thousands of women working here. They were sending a destroyer down the river every 17 days at its height. We have a lot of women working today. Doing about every job that the men do. I've worked with many women at the shipyard over the last 32 years, and most of them have a better work ethic then us men.
@VelikaSrbija-bw1zo
4 жыл бұрын
Women belong in a household.This video right here shows how all familly values are destroyed nowadays.
@uzaidgurjee4798
4 жыл бұрын
Simp
@franksalo3466
4 жыл бұрын
@@uzaidgurjee4798 no equal
@thetohoapologist4240
Жыл бұрын
@@VelikaSrbija-bw1zodoes the 1918 stand for when you were born?
My grandmother was a riveter during the war. She was tiny, so they had her in the tighter spaces. Well, one day, something spooked her and for some reason or another she swelled up so she was unable to get out of the space she was working in. They had to cut the side out of the plane area she was in to get out. My mother never did tell me why my grandmother had the reaction to being scared that she did.
Wow very RIVETING!!!
@diamondsngunns88
4 жыл бұрын
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤗
@alexie832
4 жыл бұрын
Haha! Good one
1940's: "women can do the same work as men just as well" Men: *pikachu face*
@linkven9196
4 жыл бұрын
Simp
@linkven9196
4 жыл бұрын
@Lord Farquaad Well-said brother.
@siriusrainbow
4 жыл бұрын
@Lord Farquaad Except women did do the same work as men and were still paid less. Since men are physically stronger biologically, it only means that women worked even harder to replace men at their jobs. Did you even watch the video?
@Kaebuki
4 жыл бұрын
Lord Farquaad That’s only on average though... there are plenty of women that are equal or stronger than men too. And besides, just because a man is usually stronger biologically, doesn’t mean women should be denied work or be paid less than a man in the same position.
@spinflux
4 жыл бұрын
Lord Farquaad Because it’s highly illegal not to. Also, doesn’t explain why women doing the same amount of work for the same amount of hours and getting the same amount of product output are still paid less than men.
If you ever go to the Bay Area, there’s a Rosie the Riveter museum associated with the National Parks Service (it’s like a National Site or something) in Richmond, Ca near a shipyard. It’s really interesting
I just watch vox for how good the quality and music of the video is
This reminds me of a short series I saw on PBS called The Bletchley Circle. Women in the UK who were extremely bright and mathematical were hired as code breakers during the war, and when the war ended they were forced to leave these jobs and either do something clerical or domestic and they were bored out of their skulls. It was really interesting. I urge women to watch it.
Don't forget to vote.
@hectorvega621
4 жыл бұрын
Voting Green Party here.
@ricardobarahona3939
4 жыл бұрын
Hector Vega Lucky that you have a green candidate in your area.
Heroes we neglect to mention in our history textbooks and media. They rose to the occasion when we needed them most
Such a sad thing they had to separately write they’re looking for women. I’m guessing this was because women didn’t feel included when there was job offers in the paper
@Ritaaw1
4 жыл бұрын
Ansuz Laguz Fehu in Finland children grow up to be good people even when women are not stay at home moms.
@0IIIIII
4 жыл бұрын
It was a recruitment effort
@Kosiahswag1
4 жыл бұрын
Finland was advanced for the time
@Ritaaw1
4 жыл бұрын
bruhman420 and still is
@Kosiahswag1
4 жыл бұрын
@@Ritaaw1 true
I literally wrote an essay on this. Vox one year later - boom!
@jozefpisudski6952
4 жыл бұрын
Where? I want to read your essay.
@leerobertson585
3 жыл бұрын
Boris Schnaiderman same! I’d love to read ur essay.
Didn't know there was so much behind that poster. Absolutely intriguing.
@Moodboard39
7 ай бұрын
me either
Why am I watching this at 6am More importantly, *WHY AM I AWAKE AT 6AM*
Thank you Vox for such wonderful content. You’re a real gem.
the number of times "women" was mentioned in this video... *chef's kiss*
Your content is always too quality. Love this chan
If only this sense of national unity were to happen during the Pandemic War.
@WanderTheNomad
4 жыл бұрын
It's cause there's no visible enemy. People can't focus their frustrations on anything.
@mlc4495
4 жыл бұрын
I genuinely believe that if WWII was fought today the US would have surrendered within six months. Republicans and Conservatives are an enemy within.
@COLMECTIGAMINGANDMORE
3 жыл бұрын
@@mlc4495 you are exactly what op is talking about
I'm consistently impressed by your videos. Well done.
If you think of it the other way, women comprise 100% of the “labour” force
@shitlordflytrap1078
4 жыл бұрын
@@CroMagnon42 I actually went into labor to give birth to myself.
@Kosiahswag1
4 жыл бұрын
This is big brain joke
wait, is this a reupload? I could’ve have sworn vox made a video about this already (deja vu much)
@PatheticTV
4 жыл бұрын
Same,what was it??
@EliStettner
4 жыл бұрын
SAME!
Rosie the riveter : "We can do it!" Shia Labeouf : *"JUST DO IT!!!"*
Those colored photos look very badass
I have her on my swim cap with the caption "we can swim it"
Vox: Uploads Spammers: Hippety hoppety your comments are now my property
@tonyhussey3610
4 жыл бұрын
Ging Ging your
@marinstinic5206
4 жыл бұрын
whats happening? can anybody explain
@ermland732
4 жыл бұрын
its your
@axxnecrolyte
4 жыл бұрын
Ging Ging it is “you are”.
@obamaslastname3500
4 жыл бұрын
axxnecrolyte thanks I edited it
Women workers in WW2. The hidden hero's.
@riverdeep399
4 жыл бұрын
Got ABL, but you won't like what you see.
@Munchausenification
4 жыл бұрын
Sure, they did what they could. Everyone did - even the smallest child was helping the war effort
what music did vox use? they are very good. I can't find any music vox used with the names "bicycle joy", "le menuisier", etc.
I did a research paper on this. The research was very interesting and informative
My grandmother was a Rosie riveter
Thank you, Women.
Thank you my guy, I’m currently doing a test about ww2 and this is useful
I’m watching this to see if it would be ok to use this in a KZread video
This was riveting as always
Really a great documentary 👏
It's really amazing how back then we can band together really quickly when facing a common threat. Now we are stuck in meaningless debate.
@Munchausenification
4 жыл бұрын
You are comparing war to what exactly?
@shitlordflytrap1078
4 жыл бұрын
Debate isn't meaningless. I'd rather not have a literal world war forcing us to band together.
@mochithepooh5368
4 жыл бұрын
@@Munchausenification To this pandemic. We are going to get through this, but the question is how much we will pay, it depends how united we are.
@C_medina_
4 жыл бұрын
This was white America, times are different
@shitlordflytrap1078
4 жыл бұрын
@@C_medina_ grandpa, no...
Does any one know how they animate their videos?
Bwuh I was interested in this cause this was a poster in my English classroom 😂
anyone know the opening score for this video?
I wonder if any of them found it funny that the war MANpower commission had a WOMEN’s advisory committee.
This was quite a riveting story.
Wow thx for sharing dear 👍👍❤️❤️
I find it super fascinating how so many countries' economy was harvested for one singular purpose in both WW's. Also, it is interesting how this is almost impossible to happen ever again on a scale like then.
@jholotanbest2688
4 жыл бұрын
@Lord Farquaad Well we have had no direct conflicts between nuclear powers and it seems very likely that conflict as large as ww3 would escalate into a nuclear one. And of course in a nuclear conflict there is no need of the economy because it is over in couple of days.
@Kaebuki
4 жыл бұрын
jholotan best True dat. There are unfortunately some good things to nuclear weapons if someone else has them; wish we hadn’t made them though.
Very riveting story!
Genuinely riveting
Why did you pick to highlight WAVES (a reservist group) rather than WAACS (A Permanent Military Group)?
Can you do a video about the Congo? Love your videos.
what's the name of the song at 2:26?
Let's talk about those women whom returned to their conventional housewives roles once the war was over. And how evident it was that women could do the same work men does.
@FauveIsNotFunnyM
4 жыл бұрын
It's been evident for centuries but the whole patriarchal way of living has always made women be treated less equal than men when they can do the same job just as well if not better, all the while handling other personal responsibilities like children or housework. It was kinda sad, really
@rasanfi4066
4 жыл бұрын
@@FauveIsNotFunnyM no man or woman can do both all the work and take care of children adequately. Women just happen to be at home because they nurse and I'd the centre of attention for the child then the man went on to work. Then stereotypes started but not bad as you think it is
@Kosiahswag1
4 жыл бұрын
@@FauveIsNotFunnyM don't think about the past think about the future
@Mike-lu1pt
2 жыл бұрын
Sure, women can do the same work as men, but why would you choose working for a corporation over taking care of your house and family?
Thanks to the Wonder Woman homage for introducing me to her
Love this
great video
there was a glitch at the end! what was that split second image???
@FadingPixel
4 жыл бұрын
One frame was off. Video speed to 0.25 and you‘ll see it.
Some of those photographs have very dramatic lighting. The photos look more like art than just a way to document women workers.
Wow! Like your reel!!
Very interesting I like it
Fantastic
tnx
Awesome music!
This is quite a riveting story
Great video
Anyone else notice they highlighted Lillian Gilbreth, who has also had a Vox episode? Nice easter egg.
Such powerful women
*The woman: without her, man is nothing.* That's a fact.
@shibuthomas2745
4 жыл бұрын
The woman:Without her man, is nothing And that’s a fact
@aubinmoraes3887
4 жыл бұрын
woman, without man is wo :P
@vminshi
4 жыл бұрын
@@shibuthomas2745 = delusional 😂
@vminshi
4 жыл бұрын
@@aubinmoraes3887 you can't complete a basic sentence and used an old emoji. You need to go back to school buddy.
@aubinmoraes3887
4 жыл бұрын
@@vminshi you do realise it was a joke, right?
thanks for Lend Lease
Vox! You should make a video on Monoblock chairs !
@manooxi327
4 жыл бұрын
pretty sure neo did one I think, it''s the same format too vox did one on the weddings chair if i remember
@Belioyt
4 жыл бұрын
@@manooxi327 yes Neo did. I love that you are also a Neo fan and a Vox fan, just shows the audience is the same
@s.mothale1326
4 жыл бұрын
I'm a Neo fan too I ,saw he's video it's really good ,that's why I asked Vox to do it . Didn't even know what the chair was called till Neo did it 😂
@manooxi327
4 жыл бұрын
@@Belioyt we're attracted to quality content 😉
This video was riveting! Yes I am ashamed but someone had to say it.
@peytongonavy
4 жыл бұрын
You're not the only one
Great
Good video.
2:40 out of topic but this man right here looks very handsome
Amazing
doctor: “you have 8 minutes and 31 seconds left to live” me:
Very nice
De ridder I heard please I hope I’m not the only one that knows the legend
I just realized that Riveting is the act of welding a rivet (nail) into metal
So glad to see a video thats not about corona
Finally something that’s not about Covid
Rosie the Riveter may have been mythologized but myth becomes aspiration, aspiration becomes reality.
Wait a minute that poster is in the call of duty WaW in the plane map
Then after war.. forget about this "job" thing.
To all the lakhs of viewers who are going to watch this.....I am 707th viewer.....I know you don't care....it's okkk... 😊🤗
Interesting
@riverdeep399
4 жыл бұрын
Are you _another_ bot??
@Astral_Blitz
4 жыл бұрын
@@riverdeep399 A verified music channel a bot? Um no I'm a human being. 😅
@Astral_Blitz
4 жыл бұрын
I just wanted to get a comment in as soon as possible lol.
@Hermes_Agoraeus
4 жыл бұрын
@@Astral_Blitz Interesting...
This is... well...... riveting.
Thats a great photograph 3:15
5:35 "look dis piehn :3"
I just saw a bunch of rosie the riveter parody art earlier wow coincidences
Yay! A "normal" video again!
These women pulled America of that time.
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