Rosie the Riveter

We Can Do It! by J. Howard Miller

Propaganda Poster/Painting 1943

J. Howard Miller was an American graphic artist who graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1939. He is known for producing propaganda art, the "We Can Do It!" being the most well known. He was hired by the Westinghouse Company to produce propaganda images to support WWII and to motivate individuals involved. His work has been used many years later in feminist movements. When the image was reintroduced in took up the name Rosie the Riveter, Rosie being an iconic female war production worker.

I chose this piece because this painting assisted women when it came to realizing that they to were as equal as men, and that with this attitude they could contribute in any way they wanted to during war or any other period.