Rosa the Riveter
Item
Title
Rosa the Riveter
Identifier
2022.006.051
Type
image
Description
Black and white photograph of an unidentified woman heading to work at Norton Airforce base during the 1940s. Her hair is short with a headband and she wears overalls. During World War II many women entered the workforce especially in the defense industry. While the common image was Rosie the Riveter, women workers were of all races and ethnicities. Due to federal rules against segregation in the defense industry, Mexican American, African American, Asian American and white women worked side by side on production lines.
Subject
Air Force
Desegregation
Norton
Women in the Workforce
World War II
Spatial Coverage
San Bernardino (Calif.)
Temporal Coverage
1940s
Creator
unknown
Date
1940s
Contributor
Inland Mexican Heritage, Courtesy of Sam Coyazo Jr.
Format
.tif
Language
English
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
Vasquez, Antonio Gonzalez, and Genevieve Carpio. Mexican Americans in Redlands. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia Publishing, 2012.