<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Courtesy of th New York Times at:<div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><br></div><div><div class="css-1vkm6nb ehdk2mb0" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><h1 id="link-603eb695" class="css-1s4ffep e1h9rw200" itemprop="headline" style="margin: 0px auto 16px calc((100% - 600px) / 2); padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: nyt-cheltenham, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 2.5rem; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 3rem; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); width: 660px; max-width: none; position: relative;"><span class="balancedHeadline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; max-width: 552.51171875px;">Rosalind P. Walter, 95, First ‘Rosie the Riveter’ and a PBS Funder, Dies</span><span class="ghost" aria-hidden="true" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; left: 0px; visibility: hidden;"></span></h1></div><p id="article-summary" class="css-ns7wfp e1wiw3jv0" style="margin: 0px auto 1.875rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: nyt-cheltenham, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.4375rem; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.875rem; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); width: 600px; max-width: 600px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">A daughter of privilege who worked on an assembly line during World War II, she became a principal benefactor of public </p></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Rosalind P. Walter grew up in a wealthy and genteel Long Island home. Yet when the United States entered World War II, she chose to join millions of other women in the home-front crusade to arm the troops with munitions, warships and aircraft.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">She worked the night shift driving rivets into the metal bodies of Corsair fighter planes at a plant in Connecticut — a job that had almost always been reserved for men. A newspaper column about her inspired a morale-boosting 1942 song that turned her into the legendary Rosie the Riveter, the archetype of the hard-working women in overalls and bandanna-wrapped hair who kept the military factories humming.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Written by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb and popularized by the Four Vagabonds, the bandleader Kay Kyser and others, “Rosie the Riveter” captured a historical moment that helped sow the seeds of the women’s movement of the last half of the 20th century. It began:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">All the day long whether rain or shine</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span class="css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">she’s a part of the assembly line</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span class="css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">She’s making history,</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span class="css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">working for victory —</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span class="css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Rosie, brrrrr, the Riveter</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span class="css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Keeps a sharp lookout for sabotage</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span class="css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Sitting up there on the fuselage</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span class="css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">That little frail can do, more than a male can do —</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span class="css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Rosie, brrrrr, the Riveter</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Other women went on to become models for Rosie posters and magazine covers as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But Rosie was just Ms. Walter’s first celebrated act. At her death on Wednesday at 95, she remained something of a public presence as a major philanthropist and one of PBS’s principal benefactors, her name intoned with others on programming like “Great Performances,” “American Masters,” “PBS NewsHour,” “Nature” and documentaries by Ken and Ric Burns.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">————————</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Photo. . .</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Rosie_the_Riveter_2020.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Rosie_the_Riveter_2020.jpg</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Rosalind P. Walter in an undated photo. A model for “Rosie the Riveter” during World War II, she made her own name ubiquitous on PBS as a major benefactor of programming.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>