Beyond Rosie the Riveter: Women of World War II in American Popular Graphic Art

by Donna B. Knaff

Book Overview

The iconic bicep-flexing poster image of "Rosie the Riveter" has long conveyed the impression that women were welcomed into the World War II work force and admired for helping "free a man to fight." Donna Knaff, however, shows that "Rosie" only revealed part of the reality and that women depicted in other World War II visual art--both in the private sector and the military--reflected decidedly mixed feelings about the status of women within American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700619666
• ISBN13: 9780700619665
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"