Geraldine Doyle

Geraldine Hoff Doyle has been widely promoted in the media as the possible reallife 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, the 1942 news wire service photograph actually depicts another young war worker, Naomi Parker.

Geraldine Hoff was born in Inkster, Michigan. Her father Cornelious was an electrical contractor who died of pneumonia when she wasyears old. Her mother, Augusta, was a composer who had scoliosis. After graduating from high school in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1942 Hoff found work as a metal presser in the American Broach amp Machine Co. of Ann Arbor. As men started enlisting and being drafted into military service for World War II, women began to support the war effort by taking on roles, including factory work, that were formerly considered maleonly.

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