Inside the hunt for Rosie the Riveter

Plus: 'Hanoi Jane' and Alcatraz escapes |

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. SUBSCRIBE to TIME Magazine January 25, 2018 By Lily Rothman When the woman whose photograph is believed to have inspired the famous World War II-era "We Can Do It!" poster died on Saturday, the world was reminded of her name: Naomi Parker Fraley. But it was an entirely different woman who, through no real fault of her own, was long believed to have been the real Rosie the Riveter. This week we heard from scholar James J. Kimble about how he unlocked the mystery of Rosie's identity, and why it matters. "To see someone else's name replacing hers—and to know that that replacement was generally accepted as an historical fact—created turmoil inside her that words could not describe," he writes. You can click here to read the whole story. Here's more of the history that made news this week: HISTORY ON TIME.COM How 'Here Comes the Bride' Became a Wedding Tradition The wedding that changed marriage music forever was held on Jan. 25, 1858 'A Frightening Time in Our History' What Americans really thought about the Pentagon Papers Alleged Letter Suggests Inmates Survived Alcatraz Escape The letter claims to be from John Anglin, one of three men who escaped in 1962 Megyn Kelly, Jane Fonda and the Real Story of 'Hanoi Jane' Megyn Kelly called Jane Fonda "synonymous with outrage" on the Today Show. The true story of how Fonda became "Hanoi Jane" is complicated Roe v. Wade Lawyer 'Amazed' U.S. Still Fighting Over Abortion For Roe v. Wade's 45th anniversary, the plaintiff's lawyer talks about the case, the Women's March and reproductive rights in the Trump era FROM THE TIME VAULT This Week in 1964: Sex in the U.S. “The first sexual revolution followed World War I, when flaming youth buried the Victorian era and anointed itself as the Jazz Age. In many ways it was an innocent revolution. In This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald alarmed mothers by telling them ‘how casually their daughters were accustomed to being kissed’; today mothers thank their stars if kissing is all their daughters are accustomed to. It was, nevertheless, a revolution that took nerve, and it was led by the daring few; today's is far more broadly based. In the 1920s, to praise sexual freedom was still outrageous; today sex is simply no longer shocking, in life or literature.” (Jan. 24, 1964) Read the full story Today in 1937: Trotsky in Mexico “Last week the President of Mexico General Lazaro Cardenas, sent a luxurious special railway car, El Hidalgo (‘The Nobleman’), to fetch Comrade Trotsky from the seacoast to the 7,000-ft. high plateau on which stands Mexico City. Lest anyone do the Great Exile a mischief El Hidalgo stopped some miles outside the capital and Mr. & Mrs. Trotsky, with six Mexican detectives permanently assigned to them, alighted to finish their journey by motor car. This whisked them to the spacious suburban residence of fat and smoldering Mexican Muralist Diego Rivera, an ardent Trotskyist, friend of President Cardenas, and casher-in on the John D. Rockefellers (Father & Son) who in art ‘know what they like.’" (Jan. 25, 1937) Read the full story Today in 1982: Joe Montana “The two-minute warning, for San Franciscans looking back at a glorious football season and forward to this Sunday's Super Bowl, has come to mean two minutes until Joe Montana. Thanks partly to his good timing in going to a football team that was without a great quarterback three years ago—and without a great anything else for that matter except maybe a great coach—Joe Montana's gifts and charms are coming out just at the perfect moment.” (Jan. 25, 1982) Read the full story HIGHLIGHTS FROM AROUND THE WEB Below the surface Ben Raines of AL.com tells the story of how he helped find a shipwreck that some believe may be the remains of the Clotilda, the last known ship ever to have brought slaves from overseas to the United States. By the book In The New Yorker, read Kathryn Schulz on the story of William Melvin Kelley, a long-forgotten giant of African-American literature. Mummy dearest The BBC reports that a mummified body from the 16th century is in fact the body of Boris Johnson’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother. What you eat Something to read while enjoying a green juice or grain bowl: the story of how “hippie food” went mainstream, from Menaka Wilhelm at NPR. Generation gap Katha Pollitt talks to Slate’s Isaac Chotiner about what people get wrong about second-wave feminism and generational divides within the women’s movement. To Unsubscribe Unsubscribe here if you do not want to receive this newsletter. Update Email Click here to update your email address. Privacy Policy Please read our Privacy Policy. TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice. 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