Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96 - The New York Times

Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96 - The New York Times: Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96 - The New York Times



Unsung for seven decades, the real Rosie the Riveter was a California waitress named Naomi Parker Fraley.



Over the years, a welter of American women have been identified as the model for Rosie, the war worker of 1940s popular culture who became a feminist touchstone in the late 20th century.