The 17-year-old Michigan factory worker who was the inspiration for the iconic World War II Rosie the Riveter, “We Can Do It†poster, died Dec. 26 in Lansing, Mich. Geraldine Doyle was 86.
According to a Washington Post obituary, Doyle was on the job in a metal factory just a few weeks after graduating from high school in 1942 when a United Press International (UPI) photographer shot a picture of her leaning over a piece of machinery and wearing a red and white polka-dot bandanna over her hair.
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