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Naomi Parker Fraley, the real Rosie the Riveter, dies aged 96
BBC ^ | 23 Jan 2018 | Joel Gunter

Posted on 01/23/2018 8:40:21 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

"I had said in that research that almost everything we know about that poster is wrong," Mr Kimble told the BBC in a telephone interview. "So when Doyle died in 2010, and there were all these obituaries, I of course thought, how do we know she's really the model? What's the proof? It was the rabbit hole calling to me."

One thing is for certain, after all these years: the woman at the lathe in Alameda, California was Naomi Parker Fraley.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: naomiparkerfraley; riveter; rosietheriveter
I think it is a shaper, not a lathe?
1 posted on 01/23/2018 8:40:21 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Trump’s fault.


2 posted on 01/23/2018 8:43:31 AM PST by samtheman (Liberalism is a mental disease.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Could be a vertical lathe, or a milling machine. Kinda hard to tell...

Dang she was lovely!


3 posted on 01/23/2018 8:44:43 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The article calls her a feminist, but I’m not sure that’s true. She was one of tens of thousands (if not more) of women of that generation that simply stepped up to do what had to be done. Kudo’s and thank you’s out to them for doing so, too.


4 posted on 01/23/2018 8:57:31 AM PST by BBQToadRibs
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I saw an old copy of a poster long ago showing Rosie kicking Hitler in the crotch.


5 posted on 01/23/2018 9:05:08 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The “who” is not important this far removed from WW2. The poster represents all women who contributed to the defense effort. The sadness should be in the realization that the Nation no longer seems to have the intestinal fortitude to mobilize for such a herculean effort.


6 posted on 01/23/2018 9:08:27 AM PST by buckalfa (I was so much older then, but I'm younger than that now.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

RIP.


7 posted on 01/23/2018 9:47:23 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

My mother and her dad worked in the aircraft industry in SoCal during WWII.

(Incidentally he was over 40 and had previously served in WWI, but nonetheless he was registered with Selective Services for a draft if needed.)


8 posted on 01/23/2018 9:55:36 AM PST by truth_seeker
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

the real one has been dying for years:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=Rosie

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rosietheriveter/index


9 posted on 01/23/2018 12:14:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

10 posted on 01/23/2018 12:19:59 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

How beautiful.


11 posted on 01/23/2018 12:23:12 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Yes, and in many ways.


12 posted on 01/23/2018 4:54:16 PM PST by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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