Opplysningsikoner

Et eksempel på et ikon som speilet en viktig endring sosialt, kulturelt og økonomisk var Rosie the Riveteer, en Saturday Evening Post forside av Norman Rockwell, og et begrep brukt i omtalen av kvinner som gikk inn i tungindustrien under andre verdenskrig i USA.


Rosie blir ofte forvekslet med J. Howard Millers "We can do it" plakat fra samme periode.

Sangen om Rosie :

Rosie the Riveter

Lyrics by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb, 1942

All the day long,
Whether rain or shine,
She's a part of the assembly line.
She's making history,
Working for victory,
Rosie the Riveter.
Keeps a sharp lookout for sabatoge,
Sitting up there on the fuselage.
That little girl will do more than a male will do.
Rosie's got a boyfriend, Charlie.
Charlie, he's a Marine.
Rosie is protecting Charlie,
Working overtime on the riveting machine.
When they gave her a production "E,"
She was as proud as she could be.
There's something true about,
Red, white, and blue about,
Rosie the Riveter

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