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...
Model for Norman Rockwell's iconic Rosie the Riveter painting dies at 92
The Week - 23 Apr 2015 01:50
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...
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