* Rosie the Riveter, the female icon of World War II, represents the millions of women -- many of them entering the work force for the first time -- who worked in assembly plants and factories to assemble ships, tanks, guns, trucks and rations during World War II.
* "Rosie the Riveter" was a character on a famous wartime poster with the slogan "We Can Do It." Clad in a red bandanna and flexing her right arm, the character became part of a national campaign promoting the war effort.
* "Rosie the Riveter" was a song released in 1943.
* Artist Norman Rockwell's drawing of Rosie appeared on the May 29, 1943, issue of the Saturday Evening Post.
* Several women laid claim to being the inspiration for the original Rosie, including Rose Will Monroe, Geraldine Hoff Doyle and Rose Hickey.
* The U.S. Postal Service issued a "Rosie the Riveter" stamp in February 1999.
* In March 2000, President Clinton signed into law a bill establishing a national park to honor the Rosies. The Rosie the Riveter/WW II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, Calif., was dedicated in 2003. The site includes a museum inside a former Ford Motor Co. assembly plant and a major shipyard where many Rosies worked.
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