Kate Kerr, who is 101-years-old, built B24s during WWII. She resides in Tallahassee, Florida but still reflects on her days as one of the iconic “Rosie the Riveters.”
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This Rosie the Riveter is still flexing at 101, Florida.
Tallahassee’s Kate Kerr was barely out of high school when she left home to help build B-24 bombers during World War II.
Eight decades later, she has plenty to say about when women learned to stop asking for permission.
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Buy one, complain free: Floridians are still grumbling that Publix makes them buy two items to get its BOGO deal. Opinion editor Roger Brown thinks we just might be making too much of this..
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This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Florida TODAY: Rosie the Riveter at 101, Publix BOGO, Bernie Sanders
Reporting by Randi Atwood, USA TODAY Network-Florida / Tallahassee Democrat
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This story was originally published October 19, 2026 at 5:09 AM.