Naomi Parker Fraley who died Saturday at the age of 96 is widely accepted as the model for the famous WWII poster titled "WE CAN DO IT". During WWII she was a 20 year old production line worker at the Alameda Naval Station, Alameda, California. She was just one of the millions of American women who provided much of the war materials production labor force; in that rare time of unity among the American people when we were united against a truly dreaded common enemy.
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| NAOMI PARKER FRALEY IMAGES FROM A TWEET BY
Kim Shepard
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For many years Ms Fraley's image was misidentified as that of another woman who bore a striking resemblance to her, Ms Geraldine Hoff Doyle a 17 year old worker in the same plant. MS Doyle died at age 86 in 2010 before learning of the misidentification, Historian James J. Kimble of Seton Hall University has stated that Doyle who resembles Fraley was first identified as the model for the poster based on her photo from the time and in subsequent historical narratives she was accepted as the model for "Rosie the Riveter" until 2015 when actual photos connected to the iconic poster's production were uncovered clearly bearing the label of the woman now known as Naomi Parker Fraley. Both Doyle and Fraley were simply photographed at work, never paid as a model, or notified that their stylized image was being fashioned into a poster. Neither woman ever sought or received a dime in compensation and by all reports were simply happy to have contributed to the war effort.
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| NAOMI PARKER FARLEY AT WORK ON THE PRODUCTION LINE: More Information and images @ https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/23/us/fraley-rosie-the-riveter-dies/index.html |
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| Geraldine Doyle : You can read more about Ms Doyle at http://www.history.com/news/inspiration-for-iconic-rosie-the-riveter-image-dies. |
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