Geraldine Doyle | |
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![]() Hoff in 1942 at age 17 | |
Born | Geraldine Hoff July 31, 1924 Inkster, Michigan, U.S. |
Died | December 26, 2010 Lansing, Michigan, U.S. | (aged 86)
Known for | Disproved claim to be the model for the "We Can Do It!" poster |
Spouse |
Leo H. Doyle
(m. 1943; died 2010) |
Children | 6 |
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]