Naomi Parker Fraley
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| Born | Naomi Fern Parker August 26, 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | January 20, 2018 (aged 96) Longview, Washington, U.S. |
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| Known for | "Rosie the Riveter" in "We Can Do It!" |
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Naomi Fern Parker Fraley (August 26, 1921 – January 20, 2018) was an American war worker who is considered the most likely model for the iconic "We Can Do It!" poster. During World War II, she worked on aircraft assembly at the Naval Air Station Alameda. Though Geraldine Hoff Doyle was initially credited as the subject of the iconic poster, a popular photograph of Fraley operating a machine tool at the Naval Air Station is now believed to be the inspiration.
After the war, she worked as a waitress in Palm Springs, California, and married three times. She died aged 96 in 2018.