Norman Rockwell used the Rosie name for his cover for the May 29, 1943 Saturday Evening Post, which depicted a model, Mary Doyle Keefe, not the original Rosie Monroe. Keefe was paid $5 a day for two mornings' sittings. On May 22, 2002, Rockwell's painting of Rosie the Riveter was auctioned by Sotheby's for $4,959,500.
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Norman Rockwell was the first to paint and designate the name Rosie the Riveter. The subsequent posters were done by other artists.
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posters showing Rosie at war work
Rosie the Riveter was never married. She was a fictional character used to get women to take over jobs that the men left behind as they went to fight in the war.
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Rosie the Riveter