I came across an article about Rosie the Riveter and the real-life person who was the inspiration for the iconic image. One article stated it was Geraldine Hoff Doyle but this has been a subject of debate.
Geraldine Hoff Doyle of Michigan worked in American Broach & Machine Co. when someone took her photo while on the job. The image was used for the “We Can Do It!” poster for an internal Westinghouse project. This did not become widely known until the 1980s when it began being used for women’s equality in the workplace.
And according to History.com, Rosie was actually Rose Will Monroe. She worked as a riveter at the Willow Run Bomber Plant in Detroit.
Rosalind P. Walter was known as Rosie from the popular song by Evans and Loeb. She was a riveter on Corsair fighter planes.
Naomi Parker Fraley was photographed while working in Alameda, California at the Naval Air Station machine shop. In the 1942 photo, she is wearing the polka-dotted bandana seen in the iconic posters.
Either one to them to me is Rosie the Riveter as are all the women who entered the workforce as men went off to war. They were the backbone and support for all of us during a great time of need.
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