Walking in Rosie the Riveter’s Shoes

Post #42 – Rosie’s Daughters: The “First Woman To” Generation Tells Its Story by Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett

This is the year that Kendra and I decided to launch our DIY Rosie the Riveter Kit. At first, we were going to include the large (24″x36″) poster (just waiting for you to pose in front of it), the Rosie the Riveter Legacy red and white polka dot bandana, and our cool Rosie the Riveter Collar Pin (which was actually her employment badge). Nice kit.

But if you follow our blog, you know that we have a hard time saying enough is enough. So we created an authentic Rosie the Riveter Ration Book. This is based on a ration book that my friend
has. She was born during WWII and received the ration book in 1944. Her family kept it for many years and now she has it. She shared it with us so that we could create one — complete with ration coupons — to add to our DIY Rosie the Riveter Kit. We like authenticity and it just doesn’t get any more authentic than this.

But that didn’t seem like enough. So we created a Rosie the Riveter Cookbook — complete with World War II messages and recipes that were used during those years. We tested them to make sure that if you want to have a party and make some authentic dishes, you’d be happy with the results. We had these printed and there is one of these fun cookbooks in each DIY Rosie Kit.

Wait. Wait. Rosie was a riveter. We decided she kept rivets in her pocket — just to be ready. But to make them fun, we put rivets in a red and white polka dot bag. Really great. We tuck one of these bags, complete with rivets, in each DIY Rosie Kit.

And finally, Kendra and I so love our Rosie the Riveter zipper pulls (we wear one on our jackets and vests) that we have added one to the DIY Rosie Kit. It is just like the Rosie Collar Pin except it is a little smaller and has the hook to add to your zipper.

Now we had a Rosie kit that seemed just perfect. But we didn’t know if others would think it was as great as we did. The results are in and the answer is YES. You’ve already seen the poster in some of our previous posts. But today we want to share two photos that just came in from Jaime. Jaime purchased the DIY Rosie Kit for Halloween. Here she is:

We love the message she sent to us.

Jaime A.K.A Rosie

Thank you again for offering this kit. I can’t believe the response I got! I want to be Rosie forever. Now that I walked a day in Rosie’s shoes I feel like I can conquer the world!

I wore this to work, and I think I’ve earned myself a nickname. I’ll bet you $5 I’m called Rosie from now on.

In this second photo, you’ll see Jaime wears her red and white bag with rivets on her belt and has her ration book tucked in her pocket.

Jaime, thanks for sharing the photos with us. We agree with you that you can conquer the world. After all, We Can Do It.