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On October 14, 2000, the [http://www.nps.gov/rori Rosie the Riveter Memorial and National Historical Park] was opened in [[Richmond, California]], site of four [[Kaiser Shipyards|Kaiser shipyards]], where thousands of "Rosies" from around the country worked. Over 200 former Rosies attended the ceremony.
 
According to Colman's ''Rosie the Riveter'', there was also, very briefly, a "Wendy the Welder" based on Janet Doyle, a worker at the Kaiser Richmond Liberty Shipyards in California. In the 1960's, Hollywood actress Jane Withers gained fame as "Josephine the Plumber," a character in a long-running and popular series of television commercials for "Comet" cleansing powder that lasted into the 1970s. This character is obviously based on the original "Rosie" character and thus owes much to exemplary women's efforts in the traditional male workplace.
 
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