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Rosie the Riveter

Warren Buffet and My Mom, an Original Rosie the Riveter

Myra Evans | Posted 05.10.2013 | Women
Read More: Women's Rights, Mom, Warren Buffett, Women's Issues, Childcare, Rosie the Riveter, Mother's Day, Wwii, Women News
Myra Evans

Buffet said that, "Women are the key to America's prosperity...The closer America comes to fully employing the talents of all its citizens, the greater the output of goods and services will be." Buffet's essay reminded me of my hardworking mother and her experiences during World War II.

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Sharon Silke Carty

'Rosie The Riveter' Plant For Sale (Photos)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 06.22.2012 | Business
Read More: General Motors, Racer Trust, Henry Ford, Opportunities: Working, Bruce Rasher, Rose Will Monroe, Ford, Gm Willow Run, Willow Run, Ypsilanti, Rosie the Riveter, Business News

The plant where the real Rosie the Riveter worked on bomber planes during World War II has been saved from dismantling, even though the site would be ...

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Amber Rose As Rosie The Riveter: Yay Or Nay? (PHOTO, POLL)

Posted 03.29.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Yay or Nay, Poll, 1940s, Fashion, 1940s Style, Amber Rose, Rosie the Riveter, Black Voices News

Amber Rose may be on her way to domesticated bliss, but her 1940s-style blue bandanna sent a different message yesterday. The model and aspiring s...

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Amber Rose As Rosie The Riveter: Yay Or Nay? (PHOTO, POLL)

Posted 05.29.2012 | Style
Read More: Yay or Nay, Poll, 1940s, Fashion, 1940s Style, Amber Rose, Rosie the Riveter, Style News

Amber Rose may be on her way to domesticated bliss, but her 1940s-style blue bandanna sent a different message yesterday. The model and aspiring s...

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Mother America Always Loved Manufacturing Most

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.28.2012 | Business
Read More: Big Three, Chrysler, Hacker Space, Alexander Hamilton, Jared Bernstein, President Obama, Gm, Wall Street, Rosie the Riveter, Master Lock, Boeing, Abraham Lincoln, Manufacturing, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Brookings Institution, 787 Dreamliner, Barack Obama, Jobs, American Manufacturing, Made in America, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

It's illogical, even unpatriotic to use tax dollars to subsidize companies that send jobs overseas, transferring America's manufacturing power to foreign countries like China.

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Rosie The Riveter! Smokey The Bear!: Best Advocacy Ads Ever

Peggy Conlon | Posted 04.14.2012 | Impact
Read More: Mcgruff, Advocacy, Ad Council, Advocacy Ads, Smokey the Bear, Rosie the Riveter, Impact News
Peggy Conlon

Seventy years ago, Americans were trying to crawl out of the Depression, facing unemployment, poverty, war. I won't try to compare the two times -- it's impossible. But what strikes me is the Ad Council had its roots in helping America face adversity and we're still doing it today.

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Skilled, Savvy Women Can Rescue Our Sagging Economy

USA Today | Posted 10.24.2011 | Women
Read More: Women Economy, Women Can Save the Economy, How to Save the Economy, Women Power, Women Economists, Recession, Rosie the Riveter, Women News

What do we need to yank the country out of The Long Recession? Women! It was women who came to the rescue of the desperate economy during World War...

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10 Classic Public Service Ads that Changed a Nation (PHOTOS)

Posted 08.20.2011 | Impact
Read More: Vintage Ads, Smokey the Bear, Psas, Ad Council, Corporate Social Responsibility, Peace Corps, Public Service, American History, Advertising, Inflation, Funny Vintage Ads, Savings Bonds, Iconic Ads, Public Service Ads, World War II, Pro Bono, Rosie the Riveter, Impact News

Since 1942, the non-profit Ad Council has been using the power of advertising for social good, educating Americans on important topics, and along the ...

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Is The Removal Of The Maine Labor Mural Illegal?

ARTINFO | Posted 06.04.2011 | Arts
Read More: Propaganda, Art, Controversy, Art Controversy, Artinfo, Murals, Maine, Politics, Paul Lepage, Rosie the Riveter, Maine Mural, Republicans, Arts News
ARTINFO

Last weekend, Maine's Republican governor, Paul LePage, had a 36-foot mural removed from the state's labor department after claiming that it was "one-...

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Maine Gov. Orders Labor History Mural Taken Down

Talking Points Memo | Benjy Sarlin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Cesar Chavez, Labor, Department of Labor, Laura Boyett, Frances Perkins, Governor Paul LePage, Progressive Groups, Pro-Labor, Maine, Anti-Labor, Rosie the Riveter, Business News

It's Diego Rivera Redux in Maine, as Governor Paul LePage is taking down a mural in the state Department of Labor building depicting the history of th...

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'Rosie The Riveter' Inspiration Dies At 86

Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Geraldine Hoff Doyle Dies, Geraldine Hoff Doyle Dead, Geraldine Doyle, Geraldine Hoff Doyle, Rosie the Riveter, Video, Style News

Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the inspiration for "Rosie the Riveter," died on Sunday at the age of 86 due to complications from arthritis, the Washington Pos...

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For the Strength of Rosie the Riveter: Make It in America

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: American Manufacturing, Usw, Manufacturing, United Steelworkers, Currency Manjipulation, China, One Nation Working Together, Chrysler, Grand Cherokee, Mellman Group, Rosie the Riveter, Daniel Lipinski, Whit Ayres, Mark Mellman, Jeep, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Aam, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Shuttered factories and off-shored manufacturing are sapping American strength. Manufacturing needs help, and with unemployment stuck at 9.5 percent, so do the American people. "Make it in America" is that aid.

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Darn It!: Recycling Frugality

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Knitting, Cut Back Hours Not Jobs, Recession Knitting, Depression, Economy, Breaking News, Financial Crisis, Darning, Economic Stimulus, Elizabeth Alexander Poetry, Frugality, Do It Yourself Haircut, Green Living, Recession, Diy, Rosie the Riveter, Style News
Elizabeth Gregory

This is new territory for us grownng up in the age of disposability and more, more, more. But it's familiar ground to the old folks, who made it through the Depression and WW2 rationing.

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Shirt of Change

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: George Bush, Lawrence of Arabia, Moral Compass, Attention Must Be Paid, Oval Office, Gitmo, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Kate Hepburn, Barack Obama, Inherited Crises, Willie Loman, Wire Tapping, Habeas Corpus, Marlene Dietrich, Stem Cell Research, Fighting Terrorism, Shirtsleeves, Rosie the Riveter, Women?S Choice, Roll Up Your Sleeves, The Buck Stops Here, Green Economies, American Families, Hillary Clinton, Darth Vader, Fiscal Recovery, Scarlet O?Hara, Health Care, Global Warming, Torture, Fashion, Chaplin, Style News
Michael DeJong

Obama's brilliant photo of him in a crisp white shirt sans jacket will come to symbolize a new presidential power.

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Taking Back Rosie the Riveter

Deborah Stokol | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Symbolism, Women, 2008 Election, Rosie the Riveter, Sarah Palin, 2008 Campaign, Alaska, Sarah Palin Reaction, John McCain, Home News
Deborah Stokol

Even if Sarah Palin was an unassailable paragon (and she isn't), I would still find it inappropriate to see her on a Rosie the Riveter poster because to change it is to adulterate it.

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Amber Rose As Rosie The Riveter: Yay Or Nay? (PHOTO, POLL)

Posted 10.11.2012 | Style
Read More: Yay or Nay, Poll, Fashion, 1940s, 1940s Style, Amber Rose, Rosie the Riveter, Style News

Amber Rose may be on her way to domesticated bliss, but her 1940s-style blue bandanna sent a different message yesterday. The model and aspiring s...

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