How's This for Inspiration?

In college, my flatmate Alison, a history major, hung the classic War World II poster of Rosie the Riveter in her room. I fell in love with the posters of that era and the can-do spirit they emanated for women of that time.

I came across this poster while researching some women's history topics through the Library of Congress, and it carries that same--dare I say it--feminist attitude of the Rosie the Riveter poster. Apparently the "Good Going Girls" poster was created to encourage women to continue working hard on building well-made planes for men in the military to fly during World War II.

There are a lot of posters from WWII with pro-woman attitudes, reflecting the fact that WWII was a major factor in women breaking out of the confines of the house (the "cult of domesticity") and into the working world that used to be inhabited only by men.

I think it provides encouragement for women even today, given the reality that there are still many "glass ceilings" for women to break through in the United States and across the globe. But--as the young women in India have bravely demonstrated--the ceilings can be broken through.