We all know the now iconic World War 2 poster known as "Rosie the Riveter" but who were the women behind the epic campaign to help women into the work force during war time?
Dr. Frances Carter, aka Fran, is once of the faces behind one of the most well known pop culture icons of America. Never one to hog credit Fran is quoted as saying that "Rosie represents all of us".
While learning to put B-52 bombers together in her coveralls Fran and her husband John communicated long distance via V-Mail (victory mail).
More than 50 years after the end of World War 2 Fran and her husband founded the American Rosie The Riveter Association as a way of honoring and remembering all the women who entered the work force and their children.
Here are some other great War Time Rosies:
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| A Rosie working on the A-31 Vengeance in Tennessee 1943 |
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| Assembly line in Texas, 1942 |
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| Norman Rockwell's Rosie |
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| Douglas Aircraft Co. 1942 |
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