herself painted the we can do it poster.
herself painted the we can do it poster.
who painted the we can do it poster?
herself
because the "we can do it!" poster was created for an internal westinghouse project, it did not become widely known until the 1980s, when it was rediscovered and used by advocates of women's equality in the workplace. in 1984, doyle came across an article in "modern maturity" magazine which showed a photo of an unidentified young war worker at a turret lathe. in 1994, doyle saw the "we can do it!" poster on the cover of the "smithsonian" magazine. doyle felt she recognized herself in both the photo and the poster and in the 1990s communicated with historian and author penny colman of her connection to the photo and therefore to the poster. news media outlets, upon doyle's death, memorialized her as the model for the famous poster, without citing evidence beyond doyle's assertions. doyle assumed that the photograph had inspired the poster. later investigation, however, suggests that the press photo most likely shows california war worker naomi parker, the photo taken at naval air station alameda in march 1942, at a time when doyle was attending high school. doyle did not claim to have met or sat for poster artist j. howard miller, but only to have been the woman depicted in this particular press photo which many believe inspired the poster. the acme newspictures wire service image of naomi parker was used as the cover image for the time-life book "the patriotic tide: 1940–1950" published in 1986.
geraldine doyle
bullet::::- 1996: 4th international biennial of the poster in mexico city, mexico









































bullet::::- 1997: 8th poster salon in polish poster museum, warsaw – wilanów, poland









































bullet::::- 1997: 12th lahti poster biennial, lahti, finland









































bullet::::- 1997: 6th international biennial of theatre poster, rzeszów, poland









































bullet::::- 1997: contemporary polish poster, chicago, usa









































bullet::::- 1997: 3rd trnava poster triennial, trnava, slovakia









































bullet::::- 1999: 7th international biennial of theatre poster, rzeszów, poland









































bullet::::- 2000: 4th trnava poster triennial, trnava, slovakia









































bullet::::- 2008: 21st international poster biennial, warsaw – wilanow, poland









































bullet::::- 2009: 17th lahti poster biennial, lahti, finland
tomasz wójcik