LONGVIEW, Wash. — A woman identified by a scholar as the inspiration for Rosie the Riveter, the iconic female World War II factory worker, has died in Washington state.
The New York Times reports that Naomi Parker Fraley died Saturday in Longview. She was 96.
Multiple women have been identified over the years as possible models for Rosie, but a Seton Hall University professor in 2016 focused on Fraley as the true inspiration.
James J. Kimble published his findings in the journal Rhetoric & Public Affairs, saying a photo of Fraley at work was the basis for a widely seen poster of a woman flexing with the caption, “We can do it!”
Fraley was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, she went to work at the Naval Air Station in Alameda, on the San Francisco Bay. She was among the first women to do war work there.
It's been 84 years since airship Hindenburg crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Data errors mean that there could be hundreds of mistakes included on the planned Wall of Remembrance at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in the nation's capital.
Vietnam Veterans Day is March 29.
A list of all the U.S. Presidents that served in the military.
The Marine Corps put the kabosh on a John Wayne film, suggesting it to be a PR nightmare.
The team hired real special ops members to appear in a major combat scene and also employed former troops behind-the-scenes in a variety of roles.
Air Force linguists scrambled to keep up through the Afghanistan withdrawal and, now, the war in Ukraine.
"Our head is above water, but I'm not sure for how long," one soldier said of his family.
The notable military figures were included among 17 individuals being granted the nation's highest civilian honor.
Some 6,000 people, including Navy, Army and Air Force families, suffered nausea, headaches, rashes and other symptoms.
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