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She and her sister were just two of the roughly 6 million women who went to work during World War II, memorialized by the now iconic recruitment poster depicting Rosie the Riveter, her hair tied back in a kerchief, rolling up the sleeve of her denim shirt and flexing a muscle beneath the slogan, “We can do it!”

Strands of black hair peeked from under her kerchief.

Mama put her hand atop Anya’s kerchief and rubbed it around on her head, tousling her hair.

Anya ducked away from Mama’s hand and smoothed her kerchief.

She never wore a kerchief, instead preferring to style her graying hair in a braid around the crown of her head.