"Rosie the Riveter" by J. Howard Miller (1942), symbol for women in the workforce during World War II
The U.S. Office of the War produced a variety of materials designed to convince women to enter into war production jobs as part of their patriotic duty. “Rosie the Riveter” was part of this propaganda campaign and became a media icon associated with female defense workers during World War II.
The first image now considered to be “Rosie the Riveter” was created by the American artist J. Howard Miller in 1942, but it was titled “We Can Do It!” and had no association with anyone named Rosie. It is believed that this initial drawing was part of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation’s wartime production campaign to recruit female workers. [Source: Encyclopedia Britannica at www.britannica.com/topic/Rosie-the-Riveter]
"Rosie the Riveter" by J. Howard Miller (1942), symbol for women in the workforce during World War II
The U.S. Office of the War produced a variety of materials designed to convince women to enter into war production jobs as part of their patriotic duty. “Rosie the Riveter” was part of this propaganda campaign and became a media icon associated with female defense workers during World War II.
The first image now considered to be “Rosie the Riveter” was created by the American artist J. Howard Miller in 1942, but it was titled “We Can Do It!” and had no association with anyone named Rosie. It is believed that this initial drawing was part of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation’s wartime production campaign to recruit female workers. [Source: Encyclopedia Britannica at www.britannica.com/topic/Rosie-the-Riveter]