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− | [[Image:VeronicaFoster-RonnieBrenGunGirl-smoke.jpg|thumb|"Ronnie, the [[Bren Gun]] Girl" posing with a finished Bren gun.]]'''Veronica Foster''' ( | + | [[Image:VeronicaFoster-RonnieBrenGunGirl-smoke.jpg|thumb|"Ronnie, the [[Bren Gun]] Girl" posing with a finished Bren gun.]]'''Veronica Foster''' (19?? - 2000), popularly known as '''"Ronnie, the Bren Gun Girl'''," was the [[Canadian]] equivalent of the American cultural icon Rosie the Riveter, representing nearly one million Canadian women who worked in the manufacturing plants that produced [[munitions]] and materiel during [[World War II]]. Foster worked for [[John Inglis and Company|John Inglis Co. Ltd]] producing [[Bren light machine gun]]s on a production line on Strachan Avenue in Toronto, Ontario.<ref>[http://torontosun.com/Lifestyle/Columnists/Filey_Mike/2005/08/14/1172138.html All Aboard for the Future], Toronto Star, August 14, 2005</ref> |
She became popular after a series of patriotic posters were produced; most images featured her working for the war effort, but others depicted more casual settings like Foster dancing the jitterbug or attending a dinner party.<ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/war-industry/025010-2014-e.html#ppl9 Canadian War Industry during the Second World War], Library and Archives Canada</ref> | She became popular after a series of patriotic posters were produced; most images featured her working for the war effort, but others depicted more casual settings like Foster dancing the jitterbug or attending a dinner party.<ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/war-industry/025010-2014-e.html#ppl9 Canadian War Industry during the Second World War], Library and Archives Canada</ref> |