1939 : Beginning of World War Two 1940 : 27 percent of US workforce are women 1945 : 37 percent of the US workforce are women 1943-05-29 : The Saturday Evening Post published the mort known Rosie mode by Norman Rockwell 1942 : First prototype of Rosie the Riveter 1942 : Institution of the Women Auxiliary Army Corps by the Congress 1977 : Women Airforce Service Pilots received a full military status