Answer:
Rosie the Riveter is an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who joined the military.
Step-by-step explanation:
However, working in the factories could be unpleasant, uncomfortable and often very dangerous. The female workers, nicknamed 'munitionettes', had limited protection against the toxic chemicals they had to use. Over 200 women lost their lives through accidents, explosions, or poisoning from handling chemical explosives. Its members, known as WACs, worked in more than 200 non-combatant jobs stateside and in every theatre of the war. By 1945, there were more than 100,000 WACs and 6,000 female officers. More than six million women took wartime jobs in factories, three million volunteered with the Red Cross, and over 200,000 served in the military.