A few of the words
- BOEING
- At Boeing's Seattle plant during the war, women made up nearly half the workforce — assembling B-17 Flying Fortresses bound for Europe.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BANDANA
- The red polka-dot bandana worn by J. Howard Miller's 'We Can Do It!' poster figure became the iconic look of the wartime working woman.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- HOMEFRONT
- More than six million women entered the American workforce between 1940 and 1945, many for the very first time.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- RIVETER
- A riveter's job was loud, physical, and precise — driving thousands of hot metal fasteners a day to hold aircraft and ship hulls together.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Rosie the Riveter word search — free and large-print. Step onto the factory floor where millions of women rolled up their sleeves and built a nation.
About Nostalgia & Eras
When the men shipped overseas, the women of America picked up the torch — and the rivet gun. From the shipyards of Kaiser in Richmond, California, to Boeing's thundering plant in Seattle, women in bandanas and overalls turned out the ships, planes, and tanks that supplied the Allied effort. The image of Rosie — flexing, confident, ready — became one of the most enduring symbols of American grit and womanhood the twentieth century ever produced.
How to play
- 1Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
- 2It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
- 3Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.
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