"We Can Do It!" is an American wartime propaganda poster produced by J. Howard Miller in 1943 for Westinghouse Electric to boost worker morale. The poster is generally thought to be based on a black-and-white wire service photograph taken of a Michigan factory worker named Geraldine Hoff. During World War II the image was strictly internal to Westinghouse, displayed only during February 1943, and was not for recruitment but to exhort already-hired women to work harder. It was rediscovered in the early 1980s and widely reproduced in many forms, often called "We Can Do It!" but also called "Rosie the Riveter" after the iconic figure of a strong female war production worker. The "We Can Do It!" image was used to promote feminism and other political issues beginning in the 1980s. The image made the cover of the Smithsonian magazine in 1994 and was fashioned into a US first-class mail stamp in 1999. It was incorporated in 2008 into campaign materials for several US politicians, and was reworked by an artist in 2010 to celebrate the first woman becoming prime minister of Australia. The poster is one of the ten most-requested images at the National Archives and Records Administration.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1898:
The United States Navy battleship USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana, Cuba (wreckage pictured), killing more than 260 people and precipitating the Spanish–American War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(ACR-1)
1949:
Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux began excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves in the West Bank region of Jordan, the location of the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qumran_Caves
1965:
Canada adopted the Maple Leaf flag, replacing the Canadian Red Ensign. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Canada
1979:
Don Dunstan resigned as Premier of South Australia, ending a decade of sweeping social liberalisation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Dunstan
2003:
In one of the largest anti-war rallies in history, millions around the world in approximately 800 cities took part in protests against the impending invasion of Iraq. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_15,_2003_anti-war_protest
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
bridge the gap: (idiomatic) To serve as or create a connection between two disconnected or disparate things. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bridge_the_gap
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties. --Alfred North Whitehead https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_North_Whitehead