If Rosie Can "Do It," So Can I

Throughout the course of both wars, there were numerous propaganda posters which publicized the war and encouraged people to achieve certain things. In WWI, propaganda posters like this one portrayed women as feeble and helpless. Other posters only publicized the abilities of men and what effect they could have on their nation. We see a major shift in the way women were treated and thought of in WWII propaganda posters. One very famous propaganda poster that displayed the female character "Rosie the Riveter," invented by Redd Evans shows the significance of women during WWII. As men were drafted into the military, women remained on the home front which had many jobs available and left behind by men. The posters of Rosie the Riveter encouraged women  to be part of the work force by telling them, "We Can Do it" and showing them that men are not the only powerful and strong ones. 

Now men in the army had women working with and for the war in factories creating weapons and military supplies. Everyone was part of WWII and women were now open to more opportunities and given a greater role in society and a greater sense of belonging to  their nation. Therefore, women had a stronger role in the second World War than the first which can, in some way, be seen from the shift in the messages propaganda posters were conveying.