When Naomi Parker-Fraley first saw the iconic Rosie the Riveter poster, she recalls, "I did think it looked like me, but nobody ever mentioned it." Knowing that she was one of more than 6 million women who entered the workforce during World War II, she figured she was far from alone in seeing herself in the image that has become a symbol of modern feminism. Then, in 2009, Parker-Fraley, now 95, and her sister Ada Wyn Parker-Loy, now 92, were at a reunion at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park when they noticed a photograph of Parker-Fraley proudly...
- 9/7/2016
- by Tiare Dunlap, @tiaredunlap
- PEOPLE.com
When Naomi Parker-Fraley first saw the iconic Rosie the Riveter poster, she recalls, "I did think it looked like me, but nobody ever mentioned it." Knowing that she was one of more than 6 million women who entered the workforce during World War II, she figured she was far from alone in seeing herself in the image that has become a symbol of modern feminism. Then, in 2009, Parker-Fraley, now 95, and her sister Ada Wyn Parker-Loy, now 92, were at a reunion at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park when they noticed a photograph of Parker-Fraley proudly...
- 9/7/2016
- by Tiare Dunlap, @tiaredunlap
- PEOPLE.com
Beyoncé as Rosie the Riveter: Is this the most feminist picture in the history of feminism or pictures? Most of the Internet seems to think so, but there's at least one dissenting opinion. Bey posted the pic on her Instagram Tuesday, and it garnered 300,000 likes within a half-hour; it's currently got over 1.15 million. Beyoncé, a self-described feminist, is definitely a fit for a modern update of Rosie, but amid the dozens of online outlets that have covered the pic, there's one publication that disagrees about the appropriateness of Rosie in general. "Sorry, Beyoncé, Rosie the Riveter is no feminist icon,...
- 7/23/2014
- by Alex Heigl
- PEOPLE.com
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