See Rosie the Riveter at 95: Woman Who Inspired WWII Poster Was Lost to History for 7 Decades When Naomi Parker-Fraley first saw the iconic poster, she recalls, "I did think it looked like me, but ...

The first time Lorraine Koons ever voted in a presidential election was in 1944, when she voted for then President Franklin D. Roosevelt's fourth term. "I wasn't old enough for the primary that ...

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

But out of the many iterations of Rosie the Riveter, some may be surprised to learn that Miller’s “We Can Do It!” poster was, for a time, one of the least popular.

“We Can Do It!” poster by J. Howard Miller, 1943. [Image: Wiki Commons] Today, the now-famous image of Rosie the Riveter might evoke the heroic way women during World War II assumed jobs ...

Ask most Americans today to describe Rosie the Riveter and they’ll think of the young woman from the “We Can Do It!” poster, her right arm flexed, her blue work shirt’s sleeves rolled up ...

This poster, the one most of us today associate with Rosie the Riveter, was created not so much to encourage women in the workforce as to encourage productivity in general.World War II coincided ...

Geraldine Doyle was inspiration for poster. Published Dec. 30 2010 10:33AM EST Geraldine Doyle, the factory worker who inspired the famous Rosie the Riveter poster, died on Sunday at the age of 86.

You’ve seen the poster: “We Can Do It!” emblazoned against a blue background in bold white lettering. Below those words, a woman in a bandana and blue worker’s shirt flexes her bicep. We ...

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

How one ‘Rosie the Riveter’ poster won out over all the others and became a symbol of female empowerment. Sarah Myers Assistant Professor of History, ...