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| RIP Rosie the Riveter |
| 2010-12-30 |
| Geraldine Doyle of Lansing, whose face became the inspiration behind the iconic World War II image of "Rosie the Riveter," has died, according to her family. " 'Rosie the Riveter' is the image of an independent woman who is control of her own destiny," said Gladys Beckwith, former director of the Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame. "She was a gracious, beautiful woman. Her death is the end of an era, and we need to take note of that. We need to respect what she stood for." Doyle was 86. What she stood for was women supporting the war effort. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #6 Our dear lotp turned out all right in the end, by any measure. :-D |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-12-30 23:58 |
| #5 Good, I think he means. Good on you. Not goo. I concur. |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2010-12-30 22:37 |
| #4 goo on you lopt |
| Posted by: 746 2010-12-30 10:08 |
| #3 The women who worked blue collar jobs during WWII were indeed fighting fascism, Secret Master. They were also discovering a kind of strength and independence that changed their lives, whether they later returned to being housewives (often because they were fired when the men came home) or retained their jobs. 40 years ago when I was a cash-strapped college dropout earning money to return by working on an electronics line, I had the fortune of catching rides to work with one such woman and her longtime female friend and housemate. They weren't lesbian ... just late middle aged women with dignity and modest means who in another generation would have been 'old maids' embedded with relatives. The later availability of reliable hormone-based contraceptives changed the dynamic of such things a good deal, for better and for worse IMO. That should not prevent us from acknowledging the impact that the WWII Rosies had on the war effort and on society. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-12-30 08:55 |
| #2 Evil, wartime industrial slave riveter? Do her surviving heirs not watch teevee? She undoubtedly succomed to Mesothelioma. Someone contact a lawyer at once. [sarc off] |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-12-30 01:58 |
| #1 Rosie the Riveter is the image of an independent woman who is control of her own destiny. Actually, I thought she was an image of American women helping in the fight against fascism. Silly me! |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2010-12-30 00:21 |