Pop Art Rosie The Riveter Dangle Earrings

These earrings are clearly mass-produced, and I do not know who made them, but what is more important is their subject matter.  Rosie the Riveter is an American pop icon.  During World War II, the United States workforce was diminishing due to the enlistment of American men in the service.  One of the many slogans heard at the time included "The more women at work, the sooner we win!"  More than six million women, including mothers, wives, and even schoolgirls began filling the various positions that were vacant.  They helped build the planes, tanks, and weapons that eventually won the war, proving they could do those jobs only previously known as "men's work." 

The first mention of Rosie the Riveter was in 1942, in a song by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb.  The following year, the famous illustrator Norman Rockwell was commissioned by the Saturday Evening Post to create a "Rosie" image (the one you see above on these cool earrings).  This original illustration graced the front cover of the Saturday Evening Post on the Memorial Day Issue, printed May 29, 1943.

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