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An original Rosie the Riveter from Bucks vies for Congressional Medal, remembering how she helped save the world

The women who flooded the factories during World War II built the planes and armaments that helped defeat the nation's enemies.

Mae Krier, 93, who lives in Levittown, strikes a pose made famous by a World War II-era poster of a character known as Rosie the Riveter. Krier herlself was a riveter who helped make B-17 bombers during the war. Krier has been working to get a congressional gold medal for all the women who worked in factories to build ships, planes, and armaments for the war effort. Collectively, they're known as Rosie the Riveters.
Mae Krier, 93, who lives in Levittown, strikes a pose made famous by a World War II-era poster of a character known as Rosie the Riveter. Krier herlself was a riveter who helped make B-17 bombers during the war. Krier has been working to get a congressional gold medal for all the women who worked in factories to build ships, planes, and armaments for the war effort. Collectively, they're known as Rosie the Riveters.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer