'We can do it' icon remembered

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

We have all seen it, the iconic "We Can Do It" image that has become a symbol for the feminist movement and a cultural icon here in the United States. In 1942, Artist J. Howard Miller was hired by the Westinghouse Company War Productions Coordinating Committee to create a series of posters that they hoped would boost morale and encourage women to step into the workforce to replace the men who were off fighting in World War II.

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