The woman believed to be the “real” Rosie the Riveter died Saturday at age 96, according to her daughter-in-law Marnie Blankenship.

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But Crena Anderson, a real-life riveter, never showed off when she went to work to make airplanes during the war. Her husband was fighting; her brother had been killed in the Army Air Forces; she ...

The Riveter founder Amy Nelson is no stranger to reinvention. That's why two years after the pandemic closed The Riveter's physical spaces, she turned to an old colleague, Heather Carter, to lean ...

Celebrating 100 years of a local Rosie the Riveter. “To have her reach this big milestone birthday, and we’ve been waiting for it,” said Tish. It’s not something a lot of people can say.

For most Americans, Rosie the Riveter, the arm-flexing female factory worker in a World War II wartime poster, is a symbol of American strength and resiliency during one of history's darkest periods.

The woman believed to be the “real” Rosie the Riveter died Saturday at age 96, according to her daughter-in-law Marnie Blankenship.