Geraldine Doyle, who was the inspiration for the WWII "Rosie the Riveter" poster, has died. She was 86.
The stunning brunette in the red and white polka-dot bandanna was Rosie the Riveter.
A memorial service is planned for 4 p.m. on January 8th at Tiffany Funeral Home, 3232 W. Saginaw St.
"'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."
Rosie's rolled-up sleeves and flexed right arm came to represent the newfound strength of the 18 million women who worked during the war and later made her a figure of the feminist movement.
As the story goes, in early 1942, the Westinghouse Corp. commissioned J. Howard Miller, an artist, to produce several morale-boosting posters to be displayed inside its buildings. The project was funded by the government as a way to motivate workers and perhaps recruit new ones for the war effort.
Smitten with the UPI photo, Miller reportedly was said to have decided to base one of his posters on the anonymous, slender metal worker - Mrs. Doyle.
In addition to lending her likeness to Rosie, Ms. Doyle was a cellist, a wife, and a mother.
The stunning brunette in the red and white polka-dot bandanna was Rosie the Riveter.
A memorial service is planned for 4 p.m. on January 8th at Tiffany Funeral Home, 3232 W. Saginaw St.
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"'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."
Rosie's rolled-up sleeves and flexed right arm came to represent the newfound strength of the 18 million women who worked during the war and later made her a figure of the feminist movement.
As the story goes, in early 1942, the Westinghouse Corp. commissioned J. Howard Miller, an artist, to produce several morale-boosting posters to be displayed inside its buildings. The project was funded by the government as a way to motivate workers and perhaps recruit new ones for the war effort.
Smitten with the UPI photo, Miller reportedly was said to have decided to base one of his posters on the anonymous, slender metal worker - Mrs. Doyle.
In addition to lending her likeness to Rosie, Ms. Doyle was a cellist, a wife, and a mother.
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