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    This photo became an American wartime propaganda poster called We Can Do It. It was taken by J. Howard Miller in 1943 for Westinghouse Electric as an inspirational image to raise worker morale (JJ Kimble). The poster was based on black and white service corporation on workforce. This poster shows a woman raising her sleeves and showing her muscle which symbolizes that she is ready for work. For this particular reason this poster is mostly known today as Rosie the Riveter, who has become an iconic

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    Doyle is probably the most well known faces out of all the Rosies because she was the model for the We Can Do It! poster. During her one week as a metal presser in a defense factory in Michigan, she was photographed by an unknown journalist. J. Howard Miller, a graphic artist, turned this photo into the famous We Can Do It! poster for the Westinghouse Electric Company in 1942. The shop poster was

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    I. INTRODUCTION The role of women in American history has evolved a great deal over the past few centuries. In less than a hundred years, the role of women has moved from housewife to highly paid corporate executive to political leader. As events in history have shaped the present world, one can find hidden in such moments, pivotal points that catapult destiny into an unforeseen direction. This paper will examine one such pivotal moment, fashioned from the fictitious character known as ‘Rosie

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    to displace the content and coat it so that her reader may swallow the meaning.   Sir Thomas Browne's definition of "satire," which Eliot includes at the begining of chapter 45, further admits Eliot's awareness of the "displacing" (as Miller says) literary tact she employs in describing ideas that her reader will not otherwise be comfortable with, like her sexual female character or her complex theory on perspective. "Without the borrowed help and satire of times past;" goes the quotation

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    the third chapter of J. Hillis Miller's Fiction and Repetition that one can see an attempt to navigate this complex ground. The title of the aforementioned analysis of Wuthering Heights, "Repetition and the 'Uncanny,'" primes Miller's audience for the introduction of a pre-existing

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    Howard Miller was a young man when the United States was bombed at Pearl Harbor. Miller was a talented artist who was inspired by Norman Rockwell and used his talents to portray the women behind the war effort in his art (Biogprahy.com). Since women were depended on during the war effort to take over the men’s factory jobs that were left behind. Miller used these portrayals of those women and the work they did, which later he became famous for. Miller who had held a job at

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    The legendary “We Can Do It” poster was created by the magnificent graphic artist J. Howard Miller in 1942. The poster featuring Geraldine Hoff Doyle first appeared during World War II in Westinghouse factories before making its way to the streets of popular cities for everyday people to see. Rosie the Riveter was advertised all over America. There was not one American woman who could not identify the illustrious riveter. In today’s times, there still remain countless Americans that are acquainted

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    Rosie the Riveter poster was a 1943 image created by J. Howard Miller portraying a young female factory worker declaring "We Can Do It!" This poster was meant to get women involved in the work force to take over the jobs of men so they could go and join the World War II fight in Europe. Everything about Rosie contributes to her visual rhetoric from her speech bubble to her blue shirt. Looking just at her clothing there are many hidden meaning behind everything she wears. Starting with her red

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    man’s inability to accept any changes that may have occurred within the society and also a man’s inability to accept any changes that may have occurred within himself. The most important character in Death of a Salesman is Willy Loman. In the play, Miller suggests that “an individual’s desire to realize that his or her destiny¬¬¬¬ is not solely the province of royalty” (enotes) and that the “decisions made by a person during their youth years has a major impact on one’s maturity” (enotes) in which

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    Women Can Do It Too !

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    government started funding money in order to produce propaganda posters. These posters often depicted characters who motivated citizens to join the war or be part of the workforce. One of these characters, Rosie the Riveter, did just that. Designed by J. Howard Miller in 1943, Rosie encouraged women to become independent and join the workforce while men fought in the war through the slogan "We Can Do It." Rosie was the face to a feminist movement that empowered women to show their support and patriotism by

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