Rosie The Riveter Poster

I honestly believe that the main purpose of this ad was to get women back into the kitchen and clean “where they belong”. I think that Swiffer was trying to get people’s attention because if that woman was wearing anything other than that famous outfit, no one would have even thought twice about it. But then again, being an egalitarian, I honestly think that any woman can do it all. Work and take care of a home, regardless of an ad, it’s JUST AN AD. P&G obviously got the attention that they were seeking. They had feminists complaining and got them to remove the Rosie look-a-like from anywhere that they had her. The primary audience was feminists or women in particular or anyone who enjoys a clean home! Honestly, if someone wants a steam booster, regardless of an ad, someone will purchase a steam booster.

There was a time in the United States when women were told they could do anything a man was capable of, and they did. During World War II men were fighting in battlefronts and women were joining the “Rosie the Riveter” movement that had a huge impact on the ideal of women. Today many historians state that America’s war material production wasn’t going to be enough to fight World War II if Propaganda campaigns wooing women were not made, in fact over 6 million women took part to the industrial miracle of America from 1942 to 1945. To help the expansion of America’s labor force, government and industries promoted job opportunities with posters or cartoons. World War II posters helped to mobilize a nation. Inexpensive, accessible, and ever-present

The film titled, “The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter”, looks at the roles of women during and after World War II within the U.S. The film interviews five women who had experienced the World War II effects in the U.S, two who were Caucasian and three who were African American. These five women, who were among the millions of women recruited into skilled male-oriented jobs during World War II, shared insight into how women were treated, viewed and mainly controlled. Along with the interviews are clips from U.S. government propaganda films, news reports from the media, March of Time films, and newspaper stories, all depicting how women are to take "the men’s" places to keep up with industrial production, while reassured that their

Women, before World War II, were seen as housewives and there job was only to take care of kids, clean house, and cook for there family. Whereas, for an employment women they worked as secretaries, maids, etc. This lack of successfulness and the ability to work outside this started changing in the 1920’s. During World War II, the US government started funding money to organization to produce propaganda posters, in order to motivate citizens to join the war, or be part of the workforce. One of the the very well known Rosie the Riveter or "We Can Do It" poster was designed by J. Howard Miller in 1943. The main goal of this motivational poster is to encourage women

The poster is replaced by one saying “Fight Cancer”. This poster, perhaps, will survive longer than the previous one. The idea of fighting a cancerous growth fits better with this society, who, as though possessed by a disease, cannot let perfection rest.

In this article by Barbra Lippert, Lippert discusses the affects of an ad not covered in this essay, but it is the same product only different model, however same concept; “She’s Very Charlie.” The article goes into a little more detail of the specific ads and how their chosen methods of models and poses, even outfits such as mention, the pant suit, changed the way women looked at themselves. From this it also goes into a more detailed account of how the second-wave feminists were like during the 70s and what their actual lifestyle was like. The article was useful in giving perspective to the movement, and how women were changing from house wife to joining the working class alongside the men. The article was also useful in giving background

Through these comments, you can already tell that this ad is going to be about difference and how those people face their differences. I feel like their appearance and beliefs play a huge roll in their discussion. I believe the author picked these two people because of how their views differ and how their genders play a role in this discussion. The main problem these two people face is there opposite views regarding feminism. In America right now the political climate is very tense; we have two sides that believe they are right, and that they should get what they want. So you have a man saying that feminism is man-hating and a women saying that she describes herself as a feminist. I think the reason they used a man and women for this topic is to really apply the thought that men don 't understand what women are trying to get from the feminist movement. They really want the audience to see how different these two people are. Following the conversation on feminism, two new people are paired together. The two new people are two white men, one is probably in his 20 's to 30 's and the other is in his 30 's to 40 's. The older man says that he "doesn 't believe that climate change exists" (0:29) and the younger man says "we are not taking

Although this illustration has no reference to the novel, it is the picture that I chose to use, depicting the woman and her way of getting what she wants. As the audience, I have control over what I am reading and can express myself in any way that I would like, without having to worry about what society thinks of my views and opinions.

Irony: Also, in the banner one of the words is “conformity” and the irony is in the image the girl is skateboarding (a representation of rebellion/ individuality. So it is contradicting to say that we strive for this, and ironically show an image contrary to that statement. This also, adds comedic

The poster used to promote the movie “White Chicks”, stars the two main protagonists of the film, the Wayans brothers. Due to the subtle nature of the creator’s design choices, the average viewer may not pick up on the many intricacies that may very well affect the viewer’s perception of the poster. At first glance, the poster is able to summarily explain the plot of the story to the viewer of the poster. Clearly shown, the protagonists are black undercover cops who will undergo a transformation into two white women in the film. The design of the poster forces one’s eyes to view the badges that each of the “girls” is holding. Most likely, the designer wanted the premise of the movie to be given away to anyone viewing the poster. Therefore, making the decision to put the badges in the “front” of the poster along with the “girls”gives a clear main focus of the film.

When walking into a movie theatre or a small cinema the initial thing to hit a person’s senses is the smell of the buttery golden popcorn. Next, people generally glance around the room, letting their eyes follow through the full circle of scoping out a space. Theatres generally play numerous movies at once so of course they have different advertisements for each of the different movies that are played. The posters that the film creators and visual designers create are, tremendously important to the movie’s success in the cinemas and popularity it has in the common public. Naturally, only the most prestige movie posters make it into the movie poster hall of fame and I believe that the Wizard of Oz poster should be included with the many other posters. These posters help to preview the characters, setting, mood, and overall feel of the movie before watching the flick. Ordinarily, good movie posters should create interest for the viewers leading them to want to watch the movie and draw people in using typography, colors, facial expressions, symbols, and people’s personal interpretations. Therefore, the Wizard of Oz movie poster accomplishes making it a perfect poster to be initiated into the movie poster hall of fame.

Rockwell’s ‘Rosie’, which appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post in the 29th of May, 1943, was inspired by a real woman by the name of Mary Doyle. It shows a muscular feminine figure in front of an American flag, on her lunch break, sitting on a stump, riveter gun on her lap, factory goggles pushed up on her forehead and wearing dirty overalls. She looks confident, strong and comfortable in this environment, doing this job freely and willingly to support the US war effort. The illustration resembles a Michelangelo’s painting from

Howard Miller was hired by Westing House Company’s, War production committee to create a poster for the war efforts. He used pathos to express a women with confidence and beauty to show people a woman can be beautiful and work in factories, he also used the slogan, “we can do it” this is using ethos to show that they had the capabilities to go above and beyond what any person believed they could do, they proved that they had the skill and determination to accomplish the jobs in the factories. Although maybe not a true celebrity like people we may consider famous, the author uses Geraldine Doyle in the propaganda poster “we can do it”, she was a factory worker in Lansing, Michigan. She died on December 26, 2010 at age 86. She was remembered as an unwitting feminist hero as a model for the ionic poster of WWII. On this poster Geraldine became known as Rosie the riveter, as did many of the women in that time, there was also a Rosie the Riveter song out in 1942. Soon after, the once fictional ‘Rosie the riveter’ came to life, her name was Rose Will Monroe, widow with 2 girls, and she moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan to work in the aircraft factory, she was noticed during a bond drive at the factory and was asked to do bond commercials, although she never capitalized on that, she was always known as a feminist icon. After the war she didn’t go back to being a house wife, she had a variety of jobs such as taxi driver, hair salon operator, and she even opened her

Posters send subliminal messages to an audience. These two Bond posters have the same effect. The first poster seems to be more of an advertisement for the Goldfinger finger movie, which is a sequel to the Bond series. The second poster seems to be more of a movie poster. The first poster portrays Bond as more of a ladies man, with two images of him with two different women, which isn't a problem because people already know this about him. The second poster however, portrays Bond as a serious agent, with a mid long shot, showing his gesture and gaze, and holding a gun ready for his mission. It doesn’t portray him as a ladies man. There is a cloud behind him, and the background of Casino Royale is shown through the figure of a woman, but that

The most conspicuous part of the advertisement is the image of the woman in front of a black background so that only her face is visible. This in itself is important because it is automatically making her face the focus of the advertisement and not her body. Unlike most advertisements in which a woman’s body is exploited to sell products to men, the UN Women advertisement draws attention to her eyes, therefore making her your equal, since you have to make eye contact with her instead of looking anywhere else on her body. She is completely expressionless, looking at the viewer with a blank stare, a totally blank slate onto which viewer’s reflect their own views. Even more important, the woman pictured is a Muslim woman, as displayed by her hijab. The hijab is widely seen in western society as a form of oppression by men, to make women subservient to them, and by juxtaposing an ad for equality with the