Today's Lady News: "Rosie The Riveter" Model Dies At 86

• "Rosie The Riveter" has died. Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the model for "Rosie," a WWII factory worker who implored to other ladies "We Can Do It!", passed away on Sunday at 86. As a 17-year-old in 1942, Geraldine was working as a metal presser at a Michigan factory when she was captured on film by a United Press photographer. Without Geraldine's knowledge, the image for photo was drawn by graphic artist J. Howard Miller and used by the labor movement. It later became iconic during the feminist movement during the latter half of the century. Geraldine was apparently not aware of the "Rosie The Riveter" poster until the 1980s when she saw her own face staring back at in within the pages of a magazine. [New York Times]

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