UNITED STATES: Geraldine Doyle, the inspiration for the iconic "We Can Do It" World War II poster that was later adopted by the feminist movement, has died aged 86.
Mrs Doyle was a 17-year-old working in a steel factory in Ann Arbor, Michigan, when she featured on the Rosie the Riveter poster wearing a red and white polka-dot bandana and flexing her biceps.
The image represented the millions of women who worked in US factories during the war. Mrs Doyle's photograph was taken by a United Press International photographer and it became the basis for the poster, which was originally produced in 1942.
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