Model for Norman Rockwell's iconic Rosie the Riveter painting dies at 92

Mary Doyle Keefe, who served as the model for Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveter painting while a 19-year-old telephone operator, has died, following a short illness. She was 92. Mary Ellen Keefe, model for Norman Rockwell's 1943 Rosie the Riveter painting, dies at 92 ://t.co/Z2i4HgseBG pic.twitter.com/3XKfVqadTb -- The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 22, 2015 Keefe grew up in Arlington, Vermont, and met Rockwell, who lived in West Arlington, in 1943. She spent two Saturdays posing for the pi...