Editor’s Note: Rosie the Riveter represents about six million women who went to work at factories for the first time during World War II. Beginning in 2014, I have attended a few Rosie rallies where I had the honor of interviewing a few of these women whom we affectionately call “Original Rosies.” In researching the…
How Did Rosie Become ‘We Can Do It’ Rosie?
This image on the cover of Penny Colman's Rosie the Riveter book is the image that was on the May, 29, 1943 issue of the Saturday Evening Post drawn by Norman Rockwell. (Photo: RET)