‘Rosie the Riveter’ poster girl dies at 96

A 2007 file photo of a poster of Rosie the Riveter with signatures at the offices of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond, California. Photo: AP

American Naomi Parker Fraley, who inspired the iconic World War II-era “Rosie the Riveter” poster that later became an enduring feminist symbol, has died. She was 96 years old.

The wartime propaganda poster in punchy primary colours shows a young woman in blue coveralls and a red-and-white polka dot bandana, her sleeve rolled past her elbow to show off her bicep under the slogan “We Can Do It!“