riveter
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My mother, Ella Mae, had been a riveter during World War II.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
She learned long ago, holding a riveter in her hand, that limits don’t always apply and anyone can forge a path forward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Testing the cosmic waters will be Rosie the mannequin, decked out in Boeing’s custom blue spacesuit and a red polka dot bandanna modeled after the World War II riveter.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2019
The track’s inspiration — Rosalind P. Walter, a riveter on fighter planes — is widely accepted, as is the model for a Rosie the Riveter illustration by Norman Rockwell.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2018
She was a welder, schoolteacher, riveter, farm worker, toxicologist’s assistant, and stenographer, all throughout the early and mid-1940s.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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