TIL: Naomi Parker Fraley was the most likely inspiration for the WWII poster, "We Can Do It!" The image is thought to have been inspired by a photograph taken of Fraley, operating a machine-tool at the Navel Air Station Alameda, where she worked on aircraft assembly. Fraley died in 2018, aged 96. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nao…
Today's "Women in History" segment presents Rosie the Riviter, Naomi Parker Fraley. During WW2, and beyond, Rosie served as an icon, recruiting women into the workforce. politico.com/magazine/sto…
TIL that the photo credited as the inspiration for the "We can do it!" posters of WWII was not of Geraldine Doyle; it was actually of Naomi Parker Fraley en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ger…
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