RIP - Rosie the Riveter

[Ombligo]

http://news.yahoo.com/woman-famed-rosie-...11125.html

Mary Doyle Keefe, known for modeling as "Rosie the Riveter" in the famed Norman Rockwell painting that came to symbolize women factory workers during World War II, has died. Keefe, 92, died peacefully on Tuesday in Simsbury, Connecticut after living the last eight years at the McLean Village Community, the Carmon Community Funeral Homes obituary said.

"Rosie the Riveter" is often confused with another popular image from the same era.

The poster shows a woman flexing her arm under the slogan "We Can Do It." It was part of a nationwide campaign to sell war bonds, but is not the same character.

[datbeme]

Funny, I'm familiar with both images, but the "we can do it" one is what I would have associated with "Rosie the Riveter."

[vision63]

All of those women are "Rosies." Rest in Peace.

[DeusxMac]

"The term 'Rosie the Riveter' was first used in 1942 in a song of the same name written by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb."

“Norman Rockwell's image of 'Rosie the Riveter' received mass distribution on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on Memorial Day, May 29, 1943”




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter

[cbelt3]

I spent a few hours one afternoon talking to one such lady at a celebration at work. She started working at the factory in 1942 "after the boys went to war" and was one of only three women who stayed in 1945 "when the boys came home". She had worked as a welder for war production. Ended up in the office, and retired after 57 years. She died 10 year ago. Tough as nails, but every inch a lady.

[Racer X]

My old room mate's mom was a Rosie at Boeing during WW-II. Just doing her part.

[Drew]

My mom, now 92 and doing pretty well, worked with Rosie Riveter types putting tail sections on Boeing planes during WWII. She and my father were engaged when he went off to war. She didn't see him for 3 years. She got a few letters from him and had his photo, but the part that bothered her most was that she couldn't quite remember what his voice sounded like. After coming back, he called her from New York and she instantly remembered. What a remarkable generation.

[Racer X]

there was a time, and unfortunately it is likely gone, that when you said something, you followed through.

When I get back, we'll get married. And they did. That sort of thing.

When you are told something when you are hired, it actually happens. The person who gave you their word follows through. Bwhahahahahah! Sounds ludacris these days, doesn't it?

[Uncle Wig]

Racer X wrote:
there was a time, and unfortunately it is likely gone, that when you said something, you followed through.

When I get back, we'll get married. And they did. That sort of thing.

When you are told something when you are hired, it actually happens. The person who gave you their word follows through. Bwhahahahahah! Sounds ludacris these days, doesn't it?

I think you're being a little misty-eyed nostalgic there, Racer. It's also true that people cheated on each other and didn't wait. I know of one P-51 with nose art saying "She Couldn't Wait." Companies gamed the system and took advantage of all the war spending. People were dishonest in business, just like today. It just wasn't all over social media.

[vision63]

Drew wrote:
My mom, now 92 and doing pretty well, worked with Rosie Riveter types putting tail sections on Boeing planes during WWII. She and my father were engaged when he went off to war. She didn't see him for 3 years. She got a few letters from him and had his photo, but the part that bothered her most was that she couldn't quite remember what his voice sounded like. After coming back, he called her from New York and she instantly remembered. What a remarkable generation.

You live in Japan right? I don't know your mother, but I love her. I love all mamas. I love the Rosies!