WW2 Letter Outline

Who you are and how you decided:

I decided to be a woman working in a factory in America. I picked this role because when I first thought of women working during World War Two, I thought of Rosie the Riveter, and as soon as that image came to mind, I thought of the women in my family and our feminist beliefs. I just thought it would be fun/interesting to write a letter in the role of a woman living in a time where feminism was coming up in the world.

Research:

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/rosie/Rosie_the_Riveter_Women_in_the_Factories_of_World_War_II.htm

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-wwii.html

http://www.nps.gov/pwro/collection/website/rosie.htm

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/women_WW2.htm

http://www.massaflcio.org/1941-women-take-over-factory-work-during-world-war-ii

http://www.acepilots.com/planes/factory.html

http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wwiibayarea/for.HTM

http://www.allpar.com/history/military/preparing.html

http://rjmantiques.com/images/Pacheo%20Family%20World%20War%20II.jpg

"World War II: The War at Home" By: Stuart A Kallen

Overview of tone and ideas:

I’m thinking of taking the role of a woman who’s sort of struggling, but doesn’t really want to admit it. I want the character to have a fairly big family, hence the need/struggle for money. I think she’s going to be a fan of Rosie the Riveter as well, and probably a tom boy. Her job will be building heavy machinery (I’m trying to find a specific factory name), and she’ll be fairly young. Probably around 19 or 20 or so, and have a mother who’s more of a house wife. The mom’s job is to take care of the house, and sell bread or something along those lines, and the character I’m portraying (the second oldest daughter) is going to have the job of bringing in more money from the factory she works in. The father deceased a few years ago (It’s currently 1941), and has a relative at war. That's just the image that came to mind. Not sure if I'll be able to use all of these details in my letter, since it will sort of depend on who I'm writing to. She might be considering joining the Army.