Lansing’s ‘Rosie’ dies at age 86
The Huffington Post – Monday, 3 January, 2011 (originally published 30 Dec)
Famous poster of 1997 that started it all, taken in Ann Arbor when she was 17. Image: Lansing State Journal file photo, AP/ National Archives
Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the inspiration for “Rosie the Riveter,” died on Sunday at the age of 86 due to complications from arthritis, the Washington Post reports.
Rosie’s story began in the 1940s, when the 17-year-old Doyle was working at a metal factory in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A visiting United Press International photographer snapped a pic of her on the job.
The image was then used by artist J. Howard Miller for the “We Can Do It!” poster, released during World War II. As the Washington Post writes, “For millions of Americans throughout the decades since World War II, the stunning brunette in the red and white polka-dot bandanna was Rosie the Riveter.”. .
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