Veronica Foster, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Veronica Foster

Canadian cultural icon during World War II

Date of Birth: 02-Jan-1922

Place of Birth: Canada

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: singer, laborer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Veronica Foster, (January 2, 1922 – 2000), popularly known as "Ronnie, the Bren Gun Girl", was a Canadian icon representing nearly one million Canadian women who worked in the manufacturing plants that produced amunitions and material during World War II. Foster worked for John Inglis Co.
Ltd producing Bren light machine guns on a production line on Strachan Avenue in Toronto, Ontario.
She can be seen as the Canadian precursor to the American cultural icon Rosie the Riveter. She became popular after a series of propaganda 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.After the war, she worked as a singer with Mart Kenney and His Western Gentlemen, where she met trombonist George Guerrette, whom she subsequently married.
She died in 2000.