Question

rosie: by any other name—the riveting true story of the labor icon united states department of labor
1 certainly, one of the more readily recognizable icons of labor is rosie the riveter, the indelible world war ii - era woman who rolled up her sleeves, flexed her arm muscles and said, we can do it! but, this isnt the original rosie.
2 in 1942, as world war ii raged in europe and the pacific and the song rosie the riveter filled radio waves across the home front, manufacturing giant westinghouse commissioned artist j. howard miller to make a series of posters to promote the war effort. one such poster featured the image of a woman with her hair wrapped up in a red polka - dot scarf, rolling up her sleeve and flexing her bicep. at the top of the poster, the words we can do it! were printed in a blue caption bubble. to many people, this image is the rosie the riveter. but it was never the intention to make this image rosie, nor did many americans think of her as rosie. the connection of millers image and rosie is a recent phenomenon.
3 the rosie image popular during the war was created by illustrator norman rockwell (who had most certainly heard the rosie the riveter song) for the cover of the saturday evening post on may 29, 1943 - the memorial day issue. the image depicts a muscular woman wearing overalls, goggles and pins of honor on her lapel. she sports a leather wrist band and rolled - up sleeves. she sits with a riveting tool in her lap, eating a sandwich, and rosie is inscribed on her lunch pail. and shes stepping on a copy of adolph hitlers book mein kampf.
4 the magazine cover exemplified the american can - do spirit and illustrated the notion of women working in previously male - dominated manufacturing jobs, an ever - growing reality, to help the united states fight the war while the men fought overseas.
5 the cover was an enormous success and soon stories about real life rosies began appearing in newspapers across the country. the government took advantage of the popularity of rosie the riveter and embarked on a recruiting campaign of the same name. the campaign brought millions of women out of the home and into the workforce. to this day, rosie the riveter is still considered the most successful government advertising campaign in history.
6 after the war, numerous requests were made for the saturday evening post images of rosie the riveter, but curtis publishing, the owner of the post, refused all requests. the publishing company was possibly concerned that the composers of the song rosie the riveter would hold them liable for copyright infringement.
what is the primary way the author has structured the passage?
by comparing the controversy of the j. howard miller image to the one by norman rockwell
by describing how the differences in the rosie images impacted the perceptions of women
by explaining the effect the rosie images had on the labor situation during world war ii
by listing the events that led to the original image sparking a government advertisement

Explanation:

The passage first mentions the J. Howard Miller poster - often associated with Rosie the Riveter but not the original. Then it details the Norman Rockwell image for the Saturday Evening Post, its success, and how it led to a government - sponsored recruiting campaign. It lists events in chronological order such as the song's release, the creation of the images, and the post - war situation.

Answer:

by listing the events that led to the original image sparking a government advertisement