And We Did

I’m sure that you’ve seen it: a ’43 poster
That reads and is called, “We Can Do It!”
A serious woman’s shown flexing her biceps.
It’s good, but we might misconstrue it.

She’s widely assumed to be Rosie the Riveter
Minus equipment to rivet.
While folks at the time never made the same claim,
The resemblance is such they’d forgive it.

The curious part is that very few people
Would see her in World War II,
And only in East Pittsburgh Westinghouse factories;
After two weeks, she was through.

But then in the ‘80s, some feminists hunted
For pictures of women with strength,
And this one was easy to use out of context.
The poster was famous at length.