World War Two
Published 19 Jul 2022With American men going off to fight the war, there are concerns about a labor shortage. Enter Rosie the Riveter. The women who answered the “We Can Do It” call and entered the factories. But did she really exist?
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Rosie the Riveter is an apt example of just how much historical memory can diverge from the past. J. Howard Miller’s “We Can Do It!” poster was displayed in a single factory for two weeks in June 1943 and seen only by some of the people working there. Fast-forward to the 21st century and Miller’s Rosie adorns campaign posters, t-shirts, and commemorative stamps. Hell, Beyoncé even uploaded an image of herself to Instagram striking the iconic Rosie pose.
You could put this down to a simple blip of history, a mistake somewhere down the line that has self-multiplied until now. But the images societies and people use to invoke the past tells you a lot about the way they want that past remembered. They can also be points of competition between different ways to remember the past. Is Rosie a symbol of feminism or American patriotism?
There is so much to pick apart. We’d be interested to hear your thoughts, what do you think Rosie represents in the 21st century?
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1 hour ago
I have no facts to back this up. In my opinion the now iconic “We can do it” poster became popular in the 1970’s during the feminist movement. That would make sense to me anyway.Jon Doyle
1 hour ago
Similar thing has happened with the “keep calm and carry on” posters in the UK. They were only in some government offices and were meant to be mass distributed in the event of invasion. Yet have now entered the zeitgeist as some ubiquitous wartime staple.
