Rosie the Riveter:

Women Working on the Home Front in World War II

About This Book

When America's men went off to war in 1942, millions of women were recruited, through posters and other propaganda, to work at non-traditional jobs. In defense plants, factories, offices, and everywhere else workers were needed, they were — for the first time — well paid and financially independent. But eventually the war ended, and the government and industries that had once persuaded them to work for the war effort now instructed them to return home and take care of their husbands and children.

Based on interviews and original research by noted historian Penny Colman, Rosie the Riveter shows young readers how women fought World War II from the home front.

Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 

About the Authors or Illustrators

Penny Colman: Penny Colman was born in 1944 in Denver, Colorado. Growing up with three brothers in a hectic, active family prepared her for raising ... Read More.