You Don't Know Rosie: Who Is Rosie the Riveter?

Rosie the Riveter, and the perpetuated myth about who she was and what she stands for, is an example of "collective misconception," the phenomena known as the Mandela Effect.  The Mandela Effect is a societal phenomenon where a group of  people repeat a false thing so many times, others pick it up and keep repeating it, and then eventually the false thing "becomes true." It is kind of terrifying.

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