Rosie the Riveter

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“I went to…a national meeting of the American Rosie the Riveter Association in Nashville. When I came back I called the Rome News-Tribune and spoke to this young man. And I told him a little about…who Rosie the Riveters were. It’s amazing how many people don’t know anything about it…I said, ‘Would you like to do a story?’ He said, ‘Yes, I would.’ So I went down, and he made the best picture I’ve ever had made of myself my whole life. I told him, I said, ‘Don’t ask me to pose. Just shoot it ‘cause I can’t pose.’ But anyway, as a result of that article, we were able to form a chapter of the American Rosie the Riveters in Rome…That’s why we’re here today or how we’re here. We had our first meeting in 2010, I think. And at that time we had maybe 12 members.”