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Subject: Rosie the Riveter, WWII icon and later "Strong woman" meme

Written By: ChrisBodilyTM on 01/23/18 at 3:45 pm

http://myconnection.cox.com/article/trending/9c174000-006d-11e8-9026-17de9871529c/

Naomi Parker Fraley was discovered in 2015 to have been the inspiration for the "Rosie the Riveter" poster tha (sic) decades earlier had become the symbol in which women realized "We Can Do It."

Fraley died Saturday, January 20, at the age of 96.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUMndk5VAAAkkj_.jpg

Subject: Re: Rosie the Riveter, WWII icon and later "Strong woman" meme

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/24/18 at 5:21 am

So sad.

..and just the other by a strange coincidence we were discussing "Rosie the Riveter" in another thread.

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