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Who was the real-life Rosie The Riveter?

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Retry Correct Incorrect Although the History Channel noted that the Rosie The Riveter icon who encouraged over 310,000 to work in America’s aircraft industry during World War II was mostly fictional, she was based on a real worker. While all of the women listed here were possible candidates for the famous poster’s inspiration, the most likely among them is Naomi Parker Fraley, who worked in a Naval machine shop in 1942. The biggest clue was her now-recognizable poke-dot bandana.
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Who was the real-life Rosie The Riveter?

  • Geraldine Hoff Doyle
  • Rosalind P. Walter
  • Naomi Parker Fraley
  • Rose Will Monroe
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