But I never gave up.” Rosie the Riveter's story: Bucks County's 'Rosie the Riveter': Mae Krier of Levittown to get Congressional Medal soon Whenever in D.C., she distributed Rosie bandanas.

Mae Krier, an original Rosie the Riveter who built planes during World War II, has accepted the nation's highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, on behalf of all Rosies. Krier had spent ...