#rosie the riveter
The wonderful lady war workers of 1943…
Real life “Rosie the Riveter” - Tennessee, 1943.
From the Library of Congress collection, 1930’s-1940’s in Color.
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Cypress, the drunk wood elf druid, and his Conjured giant octopi bodyguards. His staff is his arcane focus, but he almost never casts a spell without his wineskin. The conjured giant octopi are fey spirits, keen for the opportunity to act like mortal creatures, except they don’t always behave the way actual creatures would.
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So great to meet Rosie and the Riveters this morning in Cabaret! Filming a story for Etalk!
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i love her
A few years ago when I was first becoming politicized and scoping for the imprints of past leaders, there appeared Yuri. Of course it was by way of that famous black-and-white photo of young Yuri, speaking at an anti-war demonstration, and looking astoundingly fierce. Yuri resembled the worn photos I have of my own mother when she was in her mid 20s, and past my age only by a few years. What I felt when I saw this photo is how I imagine others felt when they saw Rosie the Riveter. To me, this photo was and is bravery and badassery personified.
While this image and Yuri’s lifelong resistance alongside Japanese American, Puerto Rican, and Black people urged me to practice outward acts of bravery of my own, learning about Yuri’s later life as a mother inspired me in a different way. In an interview, Yuri’s daughter recalled that their house “felt like it was a movement 24/7.” I imagined a home regularly warmed from stoves and body heat, with the lively din of chatter and laughter, and talk of the political and the everyday seamlessly intermixed.
Through her lifetime commitment of activism in myriad ways, Yuri taught me that activism isn’t confined to meeting rooms, or even on occupied streets. Yuri taught me that community work extends beyond tactics and strategy but is deeply interpersonal: it is how you treat youth and elders, how you relate to your neighbors, and with whom you choose to share your life, in love and in struggle. Yuri taught me that activism isn’t always bullhorns and storming the streets, it is humility, generosity, and fervent, unyielding compassion.
Minh Nguyen is an exhibit developer for the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle’s International District.
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“The Intermission, Part II” [Click Here for Part I]
The next installment in my series of StarFox 2 paintings, highlighting the unsung tasks and interactions with their assortment of technology between flights. Continuing the theme of arwing maintenance, Fay Spaniel channels the spirit of Rosie the Riveter, fearlessly coercing the white-hot metal into shape. While the arwings may have left the factory as state-of-the-art technology, this team of mercenary pilots in the depths of space has to scrounge up whatever they can find to keep their ships going. Sometimes the old tech is all that’s available, but often it gets the job done just as well.
If you would like to order a painting in this style, I am currently open for commissions of portraiture, landscapes, critters, and industrial tech! More info available at wings-and-strings.tumblr.com/commissions; Inquiries can be sent to [email protected]
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“The soldiers were all riveted”
Lahi Presents: Seriously Trivial
Source: Jones, Jacqueline. Created Equal. Revised/Expanded ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Education, 2010.
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LUEDELL & LAVADA THE RIVETERS
Luedell Mitchell and Lavada Cherry rivet at Douglas Aircraft’s El Segundo Plant, CA, NARA ID 535811.
Poster for Invisible Warriors, online here.
We honor WW2’s #InvisibleWarriors!
By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs
Why does Rosie get all the credit when Black women ALSO served overseas and on the home front? In recognition of Black History Month (Feb) and Women’s History Month (March), we honor the hundreds of thousands of Black women who worked at factories and shipyards during World War II, but whose contributions were largely unrecognized - until now. Invisible Warriors, the new documentary by historian Gregory Cooke, tells the stories of the first Black women to work in industry and government administrative service.
National Archives images from the Office of War Information’s Domestic News Branch show some of the many ways Black women contributed to the war effort.
- See more images from African American Activities in Industry, Government, and the Armed Forces, 1941-1945).
- Read more in “African Americans and the War Industry,” The Unwritten Record blog post by archives specialist Alexis Hill.
- Check out the “I too, am Rosie“ Rediscovering Black History blog post by Dr. Tina Ligon, archivist.
- See also: Women’s History MonthandAfrican American HistoryNational Archives News special topics pages.
At one location alone – Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, CA – nearly 1,000 Black women worked as burners, welders, and scalers to help build the Liberty Ship, SS George Washington Carver. “Meet” some of those women below.
JOSIE THE WELDER
Welder-trainee Josie Lucille Owens works on the Liberty Ship SS George Washington Carver. NARA ID 535803.
ALIVIA, HATTIE & FLOSSIE THE WELDERS
Welders Alivia Scott, Hattie Carpenter, and Flossie Burtos prepare to weld their first piece of steel on the SS George Washington Carver. NARA ID 535800.
EASTINE THE SCALER
Eastine Cowner works as a scaler on the SS George Washington Carver. NARA ID 535802.
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"Insignia for military police are being turned out in an eastern quartermaster corps depot where this young worker has obtained war production employment.” NARA ID 535807.
Original caption: “The nimble fingers of many American women are now contributing to the war effort in various quartermaster corps depots. This elderly woman worker is handstitching sleeves on an army overcoat.” NARA ID 535808.
“Miss Clara Camille Carroll…, contributes her bit to the war effort in her daily work. She is one of the thousands of Negro girls now filling clerical positions in the Nation’s Capital.” NARA ID 535813.
Bertha Stallworth, age 21, shown inspecting end of 40mm artillery cartridge case at Frankford Arsenal. NARA ID 535805.
Real life “Rosie the Riveter” - Tennessee, 1943.
From the Library of Congress collection, 1930’s-1940’s in Color.
GLORIFY THE SHIT OUT OF THIS IMAGE
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Painting a more accurate version of history, one reblog at a time.
When I posted this archival image of a “real life Rosie the Riveter” one year ago, I had no idea it would resonate with so many people. 19K and counting.
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