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Naomi Parker Fraley
Naomi Parker Fraley | |
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| Born | Naomi Fern Parker[1] August 26, 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | January 20, 2018 (aged 96) Longview, Washington, U.S. |
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| Known for | "Rosie the Riveter" in "We Can Do It!" |
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Naomi Fern Parker Fraley (August 26, 1921 – January 20, 2018) was an American war worker who is considered the most likely model for the iconic "We Can Do It!" poster.[2] During World War II, she worked on aircraft assembly at the Naval Air Station Alameda. Though Geraldine Hoff Doyle was initially credited as the subject of the iconic poster, a popular photograph of Fraley operating a machine tool at the Naval Air Station is now believed to be the inspiration.[3]
After the war, she worked as a waitress in Palm Springs, California, and married three times. She died aged 96 in 2018.[4]
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RSIwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Kopf, Adam Pasick, Dan (January 27, 2018). "The riveting story of wartime propaganda that became a feminist icon". Quartz.
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