News of the Week: NUTmobiles, Rosie the Riveter, and the Weirdest Dear Abby Letter of All-Time
In the news for the week ending April 12, 2024, are naming hurricanes, driving peanuts, and honoring Rosies.
In the news for the week ending April 12, 2024, are naming hurricanes, driving peanuts, and honoring Rosies.
In the news for the week ending March 13, 2020, are books to read, recipes to try, and jokes to laugh at while you stay home to avoid the coronavirus.
Norman Rockwell honored the contributions of the millions of women working in defense plants during World War II with his iconic painting, Rosie the Riveter.
An African-American woman describes her struggle to help America’s war effort.
Mary Doyle Keefe was a 19-year-old phone operator in Arlington, Vermont, when Rockwell called and asked if she wouldn’t mind posing for the soon-to-be iconic cover. Read the Post’s 2013 interview with Mary, who passed away this week at age 92.
“Rosie to the Rescue” was Norman Rockwell’s World War II tribute to women for Labor Day 1943. Post editors counted 31 wartime occupations in the image.
Write a caption for Norman Rockwell’s “Rosie the Riveter” for a chance to be published in the upcoming issue of The Saturday Evening Post!
In a turn of events that could only be described as “Rockwellian,” a painting of a war veteran will be auctioned to support war veterans.
Post artists provided Americans with a weekly mirror in which to see themselves.
The little things that a parent does for a child can make all the difference in the life of that child — and the parent.
If you’re looking for a nice present or stocking stuffer for the person who’s hard to buy for, check out our unique gift ideas!
Daly Walker was struck by polio when he was a boy. Today, he compares America’s response to polio in the 1950s with COVID-19 today.
Val Lauder was there when World War II started, and remembers the posters that reminded stateside Americans of the sacrifices being made overseas.
Norman Rockwell was inspired by the greatest artistic geniuses and felt challenged by their accomplishments. Some of his best known works are actually homages to Michelangelo, Manet, and Vermeer.
With her in-laws among the chaos of their move, a woman wonders whether her young marriage will survive.
An emerging generation of history lovers in their 20s and 30s is creatively using new tactics to save old buildings and revitalize their cities.