"We Can Do It!" Poster (1943)
Created by J. Howard Miller for a wartime morale campaign under the War Production Board, the "We Can Do It!" poster was originally displayed only inside Westinghouse factories. Though modest in its time, the image encouraged Americans to come together in a shared effort to defeat Nazi Germany and win the war. It later inspired cultural interpretations including the Rosie the Riveter song and Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveter painting, becoming a lasting symbol of unity, resilience, and empowerment.
"We Can Do It!" Poster (1943)
Created by J. Howard Miller for a wartime morale campaign under the War Production Board, the "We Can Do It!" poster was originally displayed only inside Westinghouse factories. Though modest in its time, the image encouraged Americans to come together in a shared effort to defeat Nazi Germany and win the war. It later inspired cultural interpretations including the Rosie the Riveter song and Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveter painting, becoming a lasting symbol of unity, resilience, and empowerment.
Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas 1942
Women in the War : We Can't Win Without Them Poster. United States. War Manpower Commission. 1942.
photographed by Alfred T. Palmer. Oct 1942
Women workers assemble the tail section of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach.
"It's a Tradition With Us, Mister!" is another poster designed by J. Howard Miller in 1943.
Woman worker in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant photographed by Alfred T. Palmer. Oct 1942
