Much has been made of Rosie the Riveter, the character who, in U.S. government propaganda during World War II, inspired women to try a new job or to join the workforce for the first time. Filling jobs ...

India Peters, a 106-year-old Fort Collins resident, recently celebrated her birthday. Peters worked as a "Rosie the Riveter" factory worker at Douglas Aircraft Company during World War II. In the ...

The famous World War II propaganda image of ‘Rosie the Riveter’ may have been directly inspired by women like Norman Rockwell model Mary Doyle Keefe, who died in 2015, and actual riveter Rose Monroe.

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 ...

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 reported that Naomi Parker ...

Rosalind P. Walter, the woman who inspired the character "Rosie the Riveter," died Wednesday at the age of 95. According to NBC News, Walter, then 19, took a job at the Sikorsky aircraft plant in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Left to right, top) Melissa Tanzillo, apprentice welder; Jocelyn Mak, structural steel welder; Dori Luzbetak, volunteer; Angel ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Phyllis Gould, one of the millions of women who worked in defense plants in World War II and who later relentlessly fought to honor those “Rosie the Riveters,” has died. She was ...

Beatrice Beck’s room holds reminders of the work she did during World War II. Beck, who is 100 and lives with her daughter in Nevada City, helped build planes during the war at what was then Lockheed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — Two Pennsylvania State Representatives are introducing legislation that will designate a “Rosie the Riveter ...

(Left to right, top) Melissa Tanzillo, apprentice welder; Jocelyn Mak, structural steel welder; Dori Luzbetak, volunteer; Angel Greer, Boilermakers Local 549 member; (left to right, bottom) Rennae ...