Rosie TheRiveter

Rosie The Riveter

After watching the video “Rosie the Riveter” by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb and reading the History Article it seemed that during World War II women were presented with bias from the government in an effort to persuade more people to join the workforce. The video, “Rosie the Riveter” by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb encouraged women to work and made everything seem very happy and joyful, however history articles and other resources shows the real situation more objectively and realistically, which does not reflect or mirror any bias. During World War II many men in the USA had to go back to war, when they just came back from World War I, while the men left there weren’t enough to continue production to support the war, so the government started to recruit women to take up the job of the men.The US government then started putting up posters, newsreels and other propaganda. The government's efforts were a huge success and they recruited many women to the work force. The video describing Rosie the Riveter, mirrors much bias upon the reader. It reflects the statement that many women love to work at the factory. The video clearly states in the song, “All day long, Whether rain or shine, She's a part of the assembly line.” This lyric in the song states bias as it presumes that the women will come no matter what the circumstances, even though actually the women are actually reluctant to leave their children at home and go work at a contaminated factory. The lyrics try to uphold the idea that women are proud and happy with their job though they actually have a very low wage. It is half of the wage of the men working there so truly most women wouldn’t like to work in a place like that. However the History Article shows the true story about how women did not get the same rights as the men did as in the quote, “Considered civil service employees and without official military status, these fallen WASPs (Women's Airforce Service Pilots) were granted no military honors or benefits, and it wasn’t until 1977 that the WASPs received full military status.” This meant that women in this quote didn’t even get a ceremony for when they died in battle like men did, even though they were doing the same job. This showed how the government was still treating the women unfairly. The history articles presented by the History Channel showed the true stories and situations of the working women in the war, compared to the video “Rosie the Riveter” by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb which was bias and did not show all the facts.

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