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![Rosie the Riveter](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/WomanFactory1940s.jpg/300px-WomanFactory1940s.jpg)
Rosie the Riveter was a name applied to thousands of women who replaced men in the factories on the United States home front during World War II. Here, a metal lathe operator machines parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas.