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Mary Doyle Keefe, model for "Rosie the Riveter" painting by Norman Rockwell, has died at 92
Rest in peace.
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From the article:
Mary Doyle Keefe, the model for Norman Rockwell’s iconic 1943 Rosie the Riveter painting that symbolized the millions of American women who went to work on the home front during the second world war, has died. She was 92.
Keefe died Tuesday in Simsbury, Connecticut, after a brief illness, said her daughter, Mary Ellen Keefe.
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has become iconic, even for today's struggles look how often it is imitated.
stole this image for a button back when i was doing that.
so luscious.
