Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real 'Rosie the Riveter,' Dead at 96
Source: The Daily Beast
Naomi Parker Fraley, a California woman who posed for the famous “Rosie the Riveter” poster died Saturday, her family confirmed Monday. Fraley, who was 96 at the time of her death, posed for the picture while working at an Alameda, California factory in 1942. The famous picture, which showed Fraley flexing her arm with the caption “We can do it!” became an iconic feminist image. But for decades, Fraley was not identified as the model in the picture, and scholars mistakenly concluded that a different female factory worker had posed for the portrait. Fraley was only widely recognized as the real “Rosie the Riveter” in 2016, after scholar James J. Kimble published an article revealing the findings of a six-year investigation into Rosie’s identity.
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When the country needed you, you stepped up. You ladies had more grit and toughness than today's entire Republicoward Party! 
judging from the marchers over the weekend we have a whole new generation of "Rosie's" ready to take on fascism 2018
It was a deliberate action by the government because they didn't want the returning GIs to go without jobs. The government would have had to pay them unemployment (or some kind of support) so they just told the manufacturers to layoff all the women. Thank God that could never happen today.
and went on to graduate and work for the state or city as social workers (that like teaching or secretarial work, was an "acceptable" occupation for women). Given a huge influx of European immigrants post-WW2, they were very busy. 
