Object Details
commissioner
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
distributor
War Production Coordinating Committee
maker
Miller, J. Howard
Description
Artist J. Howard Miller produced this work-incentive poster for the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. Though displayed only briefly in Westinghouse factories, the poster in later year has become one of the most famous icons of World War II.
As women were encouraged to take wartime jobs in defense industries, they became a celebrated symbol of female patriotism. But when the war ended, many industries forced women to relinquish their skilled jobs to returning veterans.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1942
ID Number
1985.0851.05
accession number
1985.0851
catalog number
1985.0851.05
Object Name
poster
Object Type
Posters
Photolithograph
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 22 in x 17 in; 55.88 cm x 43.18 cm
Related Publication
Colman, Penny. Rosie the Riveter
Smithsonian
See more items in
Political History: Political History, Home Front Collection
Government, Politics, and Reform
Work
Advertising
Industry & Manufacturing
National Treasures exhibit
Princeton Posters
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Homefront, World War II
depicted
Rosie the Riveter
related event
World War II
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_538122