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With her red polka dot kerchief, blue work shirt and confident “We Can Do It” pose, Rosie the Riveter emerged an icon for working women during WWII. The men who created her, however, never meant for her to be permanent.
In this episode, Rachael tells her story, from her birth to her disappearance in the 1950s to her rebirth — and shares what it took to make her possible in real-life.
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