When American men went abroad to fight in the war, American women worked on the home front. Not only did they keep up businesses and raise families; now they worked as nurses or in munitions factories and shipyards to support the war effort. What was the cultural icon that inspired and encouraged such work?

Rosie the Riveter depicts a woman in masculine clothes looking strong. She became a feminist icon in later decades.

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