The Dark Side of Rosie the Riveter

May 25, 1942, Comics

May 25, 1942: Tom Treanor, who was killed covering World War II, visits a munitions factory and writes about women in the workplace.

Interviewing a foreman, Treanor says: I asked him him how he stood it bossing 150 women doing such irritating inspection jobs.
“I’m getting gray,” he said.
“What’s the trouble?”
“You know women,” he said. “They’re unreasonable. You can’t tell them anything. They’re just as unreasonable on the job as they are at home.”

And Charles Owens has a full-page war map.

May 25, 1942, War Map

May 23, 1942, Tom Treanor

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1 Response to The Dark Side of Rosie the Riveter

  1. la peregrina's avatar la peregrina says:

    “You know women,” he said. “They’re unreasonable. You can’t tell them anything. They’re just as unreasonable on the job as they are at home.”

    Translation: “They won’t put up with my BS the way the men will.”

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