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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN WARTIME
Norman Rockwell: Four Freedoms Poster series FDR's Jan. 1941, "Four Freedoms"
speech inspired the series of paintings translated the abstract concepts of freedom
into four scenes of everyday American life publicly circulated when The Saturday
Evening Post commissioned and reproduced the paintings
served as the centerpiece of a massive U.S. war bond drive and a way to help explain the war's aims
“Rosie the Riveter” the icon “Rosie the Riveter” was
created to satisfy the shortage of workers in war industries created by WWII
the government created the Rosie the Riveter propaganda campaign to overcome the opposition by men and women to the idea of women in the workforce
The icon became a – tribute to the more than 6
million women who entered the work force during World War II.
– symbol of importance of female industrial workers
The image most iconically associated with Rosie is J. Howard Miller's famous poster for Westinghouse, entitled We Can Do It! (at right), which was modeled on Michigan factory worker Geraldine Doyle in 1942.
“Rosie the Riveter” Subsequently, a song
by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb, entitled Rosie the Riveter, was released in early 1943.
“Rosie the Riveter” The final connection
between the name of Rosie and the character was made by Norman Rockwell for his cover for the May 29, 1943 Saturday Evening Post, which depicted a different Rosie (model Mary Doyle Keefe)
Note the copy of Hitler's autobiography under her feet.
It is not clear whether Rockwell had seen the Miller poster
(click here for Norman Rockwell's "Rosie" & historic background info on the topic)
Minorities in Wartime Blacks , Hispanics, Asians,
American Indians joined military and fought WWII– Blacks largely segregated in
armed forces• Segregation = discrimination
1943 Zoot Suit Riotshttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zootGrowth of minority neighborhoods
= tension , conflict 4-day riot in L.A. White sailors attacked
– nearby Mexican-American neighborhood
– young Mexican Americans = pachucos Police did nothing to stop the servicemen and
sometimes joined in When Hispanics fought back the police arrested
them LA passes law forbidding wearing “zoot suit”
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zoot
See 1940s Los Angeles See Zoot Suit culture
The Interment of Japanese Americans
President Clinton presents Fred Korematsu with a Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House on January 15, 1998.
VIDEO : HOMEFRONT
REMINDER !!! Great Topics for Research Paper
- Security vs. Liberty(civil rights during wartime)
-Japanese Internment- Zoot Suit Riots
- Navajo Code Talkers(modern Native American
movement)