After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government called upon manufacturers to produce greater amounts of war goods. The … See more

In 1982, the "We Can Do It!" poster was reproduced in a magazine article, "Poster Art for Patriotism's Sake", a Washington Post Magazine article about posters in the collection of the See more

Today, the image has become very widely known, far beyond its narrowly defined purpose during World War II. It has adorned T-shirts, … See more

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• "We Can Do It!" poster at the National Museum of American History
• Library of Congress Webcast
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During World War II, the "We Can Do It!" poster was not connected to the 1942 song "Rosie the Riveter", nor to the widely seen Norman Rockwell painting called Rosie the Riveter … See more

In 1984, former war worker Geraldine Hoff Doyle came across an article in Modern Maturity magazine which showed a wartime photograph of a young woman working at a lathe, … See more

• American propaganda during World War II
• Bras d'honneur
• Keep Calm and Carry On, another WWII poster that became … See more