 They didn't know how capable us women were, did they? Cryer and the late Phyllis Gould worked for years to get the recognition the Rosies deserved. One of the greatest things we left behind is what we've done for women. Serenaded by the U.S. Army Band, Pershing's own brass quintet, Cryer echoed the phrase made famous by the headscarf-wearing, muscle-flexing woman in the recruitment posters. We can do it.