QUALTEES

by Leah Mitchell Rosie the Riveter, a beloved American icon and feminist mascot, helped change the course of U.S. history, but was she just a piece of fictional propaganda – or was she modeled after a real woman? In 1943, a Norman Rockwell painting was published on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post featuring a version of “Rosie” in front of a U.S. flag and a copy of Mein Kampf under her boots, however the most recognized depiction of Rosie was created the year before by Howard J. Miller of Pittsburgh for a Westinghouse Electric Corporation motivational poster. This...