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Naomi Parker-Fraley is an American woman thought to be the inspiration for the image of Rosie the Riveter depicted by J. Howard Miller in 1943.
In the 1980s, Geraldine Hoff Doyle, a factory worker from Michigan, believed she saw herself in an uncaptioned reprint of the Rosie the Riverter inspiration photograph.
It wasn't until 2009 when Parker-Fraley discovered she might be the inspiration for Rosie the Riveter. Accompanyied by her sister, Ada Wyn Parker-Loy, to a reunion at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park, Parker Fraley noticed a photograph of herself from 1942. The photograph was displayed as the likely inspiration for the Rosie the Riveter poster, however, it incorrectly identified the young-woman as Geraldine. The image had been widely distributed in 1942 in newspapers and magazines, then correctly identifying Parker as the subject.[1]
Seton Hall University communications professor James J. Kimble has championed the idea that Parker Fraley is the inspiration for Rosie the Riveter.
References
edit- ^ Dunlap, Tiere (2016-09-07). "See Rosie the Riveter at 95: Woman Who Inspired WWII Poster Was Lost to History for 7 Decades". People.com. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
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