Geraldine Doyle
Geraldine Doyle | |
|---|---|
Hoff in 1942 at age 17 | |
| Born | Geraldine Hoff July 31, 1924 Inkster, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | December 26, 2010 (aged 86) Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| Known for | Disproved claim to be the model for the "We Can Do It!" poster |
| Spouse |
Leo H. Doyle
(m. 1943; died 2010) |
| Children | 6 |
Geraldine Doyle (née Hoff; July 31, 1924 – December 26, 2010) was an American woman who had been widely and mistakenly promoted in the media as the possible real-life model for the World War II era "We Can Do It!" poster, later thought to be an embodiment of the iconic World War II character Rosie the Riveter; however, it was later shown that the 1942 news wire service photograph likely depicts another young war worker, Naomi Parker.