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 ...

And how did this version end up becoming the Rosie we picture today? “We Can Do It!” poster by J. Howard Miller, 1943. [Image: Wiki Commons] Today, the now-famous image of Rosie the Riveter ...

Geraldine Hoff Doyle, a World War II factory worker whose bandana-wearing image in a wire-service photo is said to have been the model for the woman depicted in the 1942 “We Can Do It!” ...

(A Norman Rockwell painting of his version of “Rosie,” the WWII-era moniker hung on women who helped the war effort, was the famed image in the ’40s.) After the “We Can Do It!” ...

The poster of a young woman in a factory uniform and red polka dot head kerchief, her arm flexed to show off her muscle with a speech balloon stating boldly, “We can do it!” was designed to ...

Davies had expected that after J. Howard Miller’s famous 1942 “We Can Do It” poster, there would be a wave of depictions of strong women, but in reality that was not the case — in fact ...

Ask most Americans today to describe Rosie the Riveter and they’ll think of the young woman from the “We Can Do It!” poster, her right arm flexed, her blue work shirt’s sleeves rolled up ...

Doyle’s claim called ‘totally unverifiable’ Doyle, who claimed she inspired the “We Can Do It!” poster, told reporters that she came across a photo of a war worker while thumbing through ...