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This wall shows the strength that women have gained in America. Maxine Hong Kingston, for one of the first times, displays a woman as a warrior versus the typical man as the warrior. She shows her as not just strong but as a super power, which exaggerates the point that women are equal to men. In World War II //Rosie the Riveter// was introduced. She too was a strong woman who empowered women across the nation to join in and help the United States win the war. This helped bring women out of their typical role as housewives. They now were strong hard factory workers who proved that they could do a man's job. Once the men came back from WWII many women were kicked out of the factory and men replaced the women, but their role in WWII still proved that they could work just as well if not better than men. Women's place in the workforce during WWII opened up opportunities for them in the future because they had proved their strong work during the war.

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