One time when I was about 10 years old (that would be the early-mid-80s), my mother was driving the car with me and my sister, and we were very close to home as

One time when I was about 10 years old (that would be the early-mid-80s), my mother was driving the car with me and my sister, and we were very close to home as we passed a roadside construction site. My mother exclaimed and remarked on the modified sign they had erected there. It was your standard, orange warning color construction sign that typically read "MEN WORKING". However, the "M" and "N" had been cut out, and the "M" was turned upside down and replaced to the left of the "E", such that the sign now read "WE WORKING" and sure enough, there was a female construction worker with a blonde ponytail right there in the 3-person crew. My mother, who is a die-hard second-wave feminist, thought this was the best thing since sliced bread, especially appreciating the rebellious streak that would lead someone to mutilate a standard road sign and make it "gender-neutral" in those days.