# First model for Rosie the Riveter died at 95

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**Created:** [March 6, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-model-for-rosie-the-riveter-died-at-95/849020 "2020-03-06T17:17:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-model-for-rosie-the-riveter-died-at-95/849020/1 "2020-03-06T17:17:45Z")

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Did not know it was based on a real person. She worked the night shift building planes at 19

> **[Rosalind P. Walter, 95, First ‘Rosie the Riveter’ and a PBS Funder, Dies...](https://www.wral.com/rosalind-p-walter-the-first-rosie-the-riveter-is-dead-at-95/18993196/)**
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> A daughter of privilege who worked on an assembly line during World War II, she became a principal benefactor of public television, her name intoned on a host of programs.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-model-for-rosie-the-riveter-died-at-95/849020/2 "2020-03-06T21:54:53Z")

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Nitpick but she was not the only real model for Rosie the Riveter. As the linked article says, at least four other women were the models for a Norman Rockwell painting as well as one by J Howard Miller (for a Westinghouse poster, which is the one most familiar to me).

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-model-for-rosie-the-riveter-died-at-95/849020/3 "2020-03-06T23:09:16Z")

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I thank her every time I watch PBS.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-model-for-rosie-the-riveter-died-at-95/849020/4 "2020-03-07T05:35:33Z")

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Ah, the underappreciated rivet!

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**Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-model-for-rosie-the-riveter-died-at-95/849020/5 "2020-03-07T06:25:21Z")

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> [@Bijou\_Drains](#):
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> Did not know it was based on a real person. She worked the night shift building planes at 19
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> [https://www.wral.com/rosalind-p-walter-the-first-rosie-the-riveter-is-dead-at-95/18993196/](https://www.wral.com/rosalind-p-walter-the-first-rosie-the-riveter-is-dead-at-95/18993196/)

Thank you for sharing this, \*\* Bijou Drains\*\*.  
Rest In Peace, Rosie the Riveter.

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**Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-model-for-rosie-the-riveter-died-at-95/849020/6 "2020-03-07T15:34:32Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Nitpick but she was not the only real model for Rosie the Riveter. As the linked article says, at least four other women were the models for a Norman Rockwell painting as well as one by J Howard Miller (for a Westinghouse poster, which is the one most familiar to me).

Yes that is why I said “first” model. I think that means there were others, right?