"Rosie the Riveter" dies

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(Reuters) - Mary Doyle Keefe, known for modeling as "Rosie the Riveter" in the famed Norman Rockwell painting that came to symbolize women factory workers during World War II, has died, according to an obituary published by a local mortuary. She was 92.

Keefe died peacefully on Tuesday in Simsbury, Connecticut after living the last eight years at the McLean Village Community, the Carmon Community Funeral Homes obituary said.

Reuters could not immediately reach the family, but Keefe's daughter confirmed the death to the Associated Press on Wednesday.

The Norman Rockwell Museum said in a statement on Wednesday night that it was "saddened to learn of the passing of Mary Doyle Keefe," and sent condolences to her family.

The museum said Keefe was a neighbor of Rockwell's when the two lived in Arlington, Vermont. He called Keefe, then a 19-year-old telephone operator, to pose for the picture that appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in May 1943.

The fictional Rosie, depicted eating lunch in blue jean work overalls with a rivet gun in her lap and her feet resting on a copy of Adolf Hitler's manifesto "Mein Kampf," became a symbol of how the war opened doors for American women to enter factories and take on labor jobs previously reserved for men.

Her pose was modeled after Michelangelo's depiction of the Prophet Isaac on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the museum said.

Rockwell later apologized for making the fictional Rosie's arms and shoulders much larger than Keefe's, according to the museum. It added that the original oil on canvas painting is part of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art's permanent collection in Bentonville, Arkansas.
 
:salute:

She did her part even if it was only to pose for a painting.

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'Tis a shame she has gone, a blessing it was peacefully so though.
She riveted this and riveted that, her picture was riveting for the lads inspiring for the gals.
Her art was oiled up and sometimes brash.
..To teach them 40's yank men what a women can do, while calling on others to join the crew.
May she rest long in peace.
..Without being riveted, nailed or hammered in her rest.
Rosie the Riveter, she did it best,
for country, cause, fun and jest.
We will miss Rosie the Riveter, God bless Mary Doyle Keefe.
 
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