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Thursday, January 06, 2011

Passing: Geraldine Hoff Doyle, "We Can Do It" Poster Inspiration (CNN)

From CNN:

The woman who inspired the famous World War II "We Can Do It!" poster has died (December 26, 2010).

Geraldine Hoff Doyle was just 17 when a United Press photographer captured her in 1942 working at a Michigan metal factory, wearing a red polka-dotted bandanna.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/30/geraldine-hoff-doyle-we-can-do-it-poster-inspiration-dies-at-86/?hpt=C2

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