In chapter nine of Rodger Streitmatter's book Mightier Than the Sword topic shifts to the effects that journalism of the time had on how the traditional American house wife of the 1940's went from running the the house to running the assembly lines for the war effort. These woman and their hard work are the reason the America icon Rosy the Riveter came about. Rosy in short was a propaganda / national icon that was suppose to emulate the embodiment of the working woman of the second great war. She was born along with a slue of many other ploys directed towards woman of the time by the government, which were then inflamed by the coverage given by the press. The goal was to encourage them to do their part for the war effort. Because at the time the men that were usually working in the factories and mines were off at war, so the nation had to tap into an alternate sours of labor.
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