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Mary Lou Young

Mary Lou Young

1929 - 2025

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She was born on January 28, 1929, in Ravia, Oklahoma, to Vivian and Emit Mathis. In 1942, her family moved briefly to California, where Mary Lou stepped into history as a World War II Rosie the Riveter, helping with the war effort by making bomb casings. With her beauty, grace, and pin-up figure,...

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