there are actually plenty of pics of fat riveters from the 40s. makes me think it wasn't really a high impact job/they would hire anyone. the original rosie the riveter drawing (not the 'we can do it' ad but the original drawing called 'rosie the riveter' by norman rockwell) is a fat woman. i find it strange that 'rosie the riveter' took off as a feminist thing because it was an ad campaign to entice women into work that was only ripped out from under them (along with the independence and cash it afforded) when the men came back from war. not really a big feminist moment in american history.