Rosie the Riveter is one of the most iconic images in pop culture history. For 30 years, Geraldine Hoff Doyle was believed to be the inspiration for Rosie the Riveter. An investigation in the ...

One of the biggest debates is if Rosie the Riveter was based on a real person. Some believe she was fully fictitious, but based on the typical women who worked in the factories at that time.

In true, iconic fashion, the persona of Rosie the Riveter preceded the person. There was no single Rosie, actually, but several—and two in particular who shaped the legendary image we now ...

The woman believed to be the “real” Rosie the Riveter died Saturday at age 96, according to her daughter-in-law Marnie Blankenship.

The woman believed to have been the real inspiration for the iconic female World War II factory worker Rosie the Riveter has died. She was 96.

Rosie the Riveter wasn't one person, but she is one of the most enduring icons of American history, representing the estimated 6 million women who entered the workforce during World War II.

“Rosie the Riveter” is one of the most iconic images in American history. The strong, determined woman in a red polka-dot ...

* "Memorial Gives Rosie the Riveter Her Due" (Oct. 10) brought back memories. ... Real Rosie the Riveter. L.A. Times Archives. Oct. 20, 2000 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

Rosie the Riveter became a cultural icon during World War II, but her family knows her as Naomi Parker Fraley. She passed away at age 96 from cancer on Jan. 20 in Longview, Washington.

But Crena Anderson, a real-life riveter, never showed off when she went to work to make airplanes during the war. Her husband was fighting; her brother had been killed in the Army Air Forces; she ...

“I couldn’t believe it,” Fraley told The Oakland Tribune in 2016. “I knew it was actually me in the photo.” Kimble, in his search for the woman behind Rosie, finally secured a copy of ...

The woman believed to be the “real” Rosie the Riveter died Saturday at age 96, according to her daughter-in-law Marnie Blankenship.