PhotoHis research ultimately homed in on Mrs. Fraley, who had worked in a Navy machine shop during World War II. “The women of this country these days need some icons,” Mrs. Fraley said in the People magazine interview. He visited them in 2015, whereupon Mrs. Fraley produced the cherished newspaper photo she had saved all those years. “We can rule her in as a good candidate for having inspired the poster,” Dr. Kimble said. Interviewing Mrs. Fraley in 2016, The World-Herald asked her how it felt to be known publicly as Rosie the Riveter.

Source: New York Times January 22, 2018 19:47 UTC