Monday, December 7, 2009

SO, WHICH IMAGE DO YOU THINK IS A BETTER REPRESENTATION OF THE WOMEN WHO EASILY HELD UP THEIR HALF OF THE SKY?

We can do it Rosie the riveter This image at right is the image we think of as 'Rosie the Riveter.'

But this Norman Rockwell painting below is the original Rosie, which was pulled because of a publisher's fear.

Original Rosie by Norman Rockwell, grimy, proud, strong, eating sandwich and holding riveter

Find out more about the story here. I had a much better link, but it seems to have disappeared.


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