Was the real Rosie the Riveter black? Yes and No.

The Real Riveter (Her Name Might Be Rosie…) has a clickbait title. If you visit it, you’ll find this picture without any support for the notion that she’s the “real” Rosie:

A commenter there agrees, saying, “Yes, Rosie *was* a sister.”

It’s true that Rosie was a sister, but only in the way all working-class women are kin. Here’s a pic of two black Rosies that I love from The Pop History Dig » “Rosie The Riveter”1941–1945:

Welders at Landers, Frary & Clark Plant, New Britain, Connecticut, 1943

Here’re two more Rosies who were partners on the assembly line:

Dora Miles and Dorothy Johnson at Douglas Aircraft Co. plant in Long Beach, CA

The article offers context:

Sybil Lewis, an African-American riveter who worked for Lockheed Aircraft in Los Angeles, would later provide this description of women riveters:

“The women worked in pairs. I was the riveter and this big, strong, white girl from a cotton farm in Arkansas worked as the bucker. The riveter used a gun to shoot rivets through the metal and fasten it together. The bucker used a bucking bar on the…