That poster--isn't what you think.  She's not Rosie the Riveter, and the lives she's led, as, feminist icon, symbol of wartime solidarity, cultural nostalgia touchstone, are almost all entirely wrong

That poster--isn't what you think. She's not Rosie the Riveter, and the lives she's led, as, feminist icon, symbol of wartime solidarity, cultural nostalgia touchstone, are almost all entirely wrong

26. "We Can Do It!" Poster/Rosie the Riveter, 1943

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A look at documents that have had a profound effect on the world. Telling the stories of these information objects, their genesis, contexts, impacts, and fates also tells the story of human society and its never ending evolution.

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26. "We Can Do It!" Poster/Rosie the Riveter, 1943

26. "We Can Do It!" Poster/Rosie the Riveter, 1943