I Am Woman!
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Video: Helen Reddy THEN
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Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America
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Female United States
Supreme Court Justices
Sandra Day O'Connor, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan
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Women's History Month Pages
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The Backstory of Rosie the Riveter
American women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers during World War II, as widespread male enlistment left gaping holes in the industrial labor force. Between 1940 and 1945, the female percentage of the U.S. workforce increased from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent, and by 1945 nearly one out of every four married women worked outside the home. “Rosie the Riveter,” star of a government campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for the munitions industry, became perhaps the most iconic image of working women during the war.
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A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener. Before being installed, a rivet consists of a smooth cylindrical shaft with a head on one end. The end opposite to the head is called the tail. Wikipedia
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This poster, produced by Westinghouse during World War II for the War Production Co-Ordinating Committee, was part of the national campaign in the United States to enlist women in the workforce. Source:https://www.wdl.org/en/item/2733/
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Rosie The Riveter. Alternative version, by Norman Rockwell. Saturday Evening Post, 1943. Postcard
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Good Reads: Articles About Women's History
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Misty Copeland
First African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in the 75-year history of the American Ballet Theatre!
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Misty Copeland Writes About Diversity in Ballet
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