Geraldine Doyle

Geraldine Doyle
Hoff in 1942 at age 17
Born
Geraldine Hoff

(1924-07-31)July 31, 1924
DiedDecember 26, 2010(2010-12-26) (aged 86)
Known forDisproved claim to be the model for the "We Can Do It!" poster
Spouse
Leo H. Doyle
(m. 1943; died 2010)
Children6

Geraldine Doyle (née Hoff; July 31, 1924 – December 26, 2010) was an American woman who had been widely and mistakenly promoted in the media as the possible real-life model for the World War II era "We Can Do It!" poster, later thought to be an embodiment of the iconic World War II character Rosie the Riveter; however, it was later shown that the 1942 news wire service photograph likely depicts another young war worker, Naomi Parker.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Kimble, James J. (Summer 2016). "Rosie's Secret Identity, or, How to Debunk a Woozle by Walking Backward through the Forest of Visual Rhetoric". Rhetoric and Public Affairs. 19 (2): 245–274. doi:10.14321/rhetpublaffa.19.2.0245. ISSN 1094-8392.
  2. ^ "Michigan Woman Who Inspired WWII 'Rosie' Poster Has Died : The Two-Way : NPR". NPR. 2015-09-09. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. ^ "Museum Collections, U.S. National Park Service -". museum.nps.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  4. ^ "All This and Overtime, Too - 42-62386550 - Rights Managed - Stock Photo - Corbis". www.corbisimages.com. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

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