A Woman's Work

The famous poster, ‘Rosie the Riveter (to the left), created by J. Howard Miller during World War II seems to me to be remarkably similar in feel to the picture of Wanda Burke (below), which is part of a series of photos (there is at least one other) from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), which promotes the building of wind turbines.

What I dig about both photos is that they both deal with women taking “untraditional” roles (one, the ‘Rosie the Riveter’ photo, could perhaps be described as a matter of necessity in that most men of age were fighting in WWII, so women had to assume many of their roles in the factories; while the photo of Wanda Burke is also necessary, and the ‘conflict’ she fights–a soldier in America’s march toward energy independence–is no less important).