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Original 'Rosie the Riveter' Makes Masks to Fight COVID-19

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @04:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the riveting-drama dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:

Original 'Rosie the Riveter' makes masks to fight COVID-19:

At age 94, Mae Krier is back on the front lines — hard at work, helping her country.

One of the nation's original "Rosie the Riveters" employed by Boeing in Seattle during World War II, she built B-17 and B-29 bombers to help support the war effort decades ago.

Now she's fighting a different war, as her still nimble fingers turn out face masks to prevent spread of the deadly coronavirus.

"People say to me, "You helped win WWII and now you are helping our country win this battle over this virus. These are nice things to hear," Krier said.

She makes the mask like the red polka dot bandanas she also makes to remind people of the Rosies, those women who toiled in manufacturing plants with their heads wrapped in bandanas so their hair wouldn't get tangled in the machinery they used to make supplies for the military serving overseas.

They were depicted by a World War II era poster of "Rosie the Riveter" created by J. Howard Miller in 1943.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Pslytely Psycho on Tuesday July 14 2020, @09:31PM (3 children)

    by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Tuesday July 14 2020, @09:31PM (#1021486)

    When you elect a criminal with total contempt for the well-being of the country and its citizens who sees the constitution as little more than a bunch of words restricting what he wants to do, then constant attacks are called "being responsible."

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  • (Score: 2, Troll) by VLM on Wednesday July 15 2020, @01:23PM (2 children)

    by VLM (445) on Wednesday July 15 2020, @01:23PM (#1021882)

    restricting what he wants to do

    Such as?

    I was promised by our unbiased media that if Trump were elected he'd put all the Jews in ovens. Instead it appears the truth of the matter is he wanted to move our embassy to Jerusalem. Slight disconnect between shrieking propaganda and reality, LOL. The problem with that massive disconnect is continuing to shriek doesn't have any future impact on people who very wisely no longer believe.

    • (Score: 4, Touché) by Aegis on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:31PM

      by Aegis (6714) on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:31PM (#1021934)

      I was promised by our unbiased media that if Trump were elected he'd put all the Jews in ovens.

      [CITATION NEEDED]

    • (Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Thursday July 16 2020, @08:47AM

      by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Thursday July 16 2020, @08:47AM (#1022332)

      What the fuck are you even talking about? You know that's a lie, and yet you spout it off anyway?

      As to "such as?"
      Christ, I simply don't have the time for a task so overwhelming, I have and actual life!

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