When World War II’s famous “We Can Do It” poster went up 76 years ago Friday, barely anyone saw it. In fact, the feminist emblem began as a poster for the walls of a Pittsburgh-based ...

Howard Miller, who was commissioned to create a series of morale-building posters to inspire factory workers. The result was We Can Do It! - a poster encouraging other young women to join the war ...

We can do it' is a phrase that is repeated at every ... a firm gaze and a red scarf next to a blue shirt. The origin of this poster dates back to 1942 and was not created as a feminist symbol ...

A 1942 photo of her taken at a California naval plant likely was used by the artist to create the “We Can Do It!” poster – the image that became a feminist icon. Naomi Parker was just doing ...