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Modern Day Rosies is the story of how one paramedic overcame the trauma of being thrust onto the frontlines of the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. Kate Bergen didn't know where to turn when asked to essentially go to war on an unknown invisible enemy. Would she be safe if she followed the ever changing guidelines? Would her family be protected? These thoughts reverberated as she got dressed each day for a battle she was never prepared to fight. She felt like a shell of a person, breakable at any moment as the darkness began to swallow her whole. She knew she had to do something. This is an artfully infused story of how Kate faced her demons and dug out her paintbrush. Modern Day Rosies is about women who answered the call to the frontlines of COVID just as Rosie the Riveter had in World War II; each of them scared but determined to help in their own way. This became her 'Call to Action' urging the public to stay home so that frontline workers could do their job. Kate thought these women and their respective professions needed to be recognized. What she did not anticipate was the blossoming of light that shone from her work spilling onto these women, their professions and out into entire communities. One by one, each painting put back the pieces she was missing and continues to fulfill her in ways she never imagined. Kate's work has reached the world wide stage. This journey has been surreal and now she is excited to share it with you in book form. Modern Day Rosies is just the beginning, be on the lookout for more from The Rosie Project in the future!

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"""Modern Day Rosies is an incredible project that offers us a glimpse into the challenges facing our healthcare and emergency response community during an unprecedented time in our nation's living memory. Through the stories Kate has highlighted in her project I can recognize my own uncertainties and fears around COVID and my future, as well as the fear I had and continue to have for my colleagues and friends. In every portrait she has created, we see a daughter, a sister, a friend, a mother, a mentor, or even a memory of our own loved one. That is powerful and inspirational for this generation and the next."" -Kristy Van Hoven, PhD, Chief Experience Officer at the National EMS Museum"

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"Kate Bergen is a paramedic and self taught artist from NJ. She has been in EMS for 18 years and to date, COVID was the most significant experience of her career. Kate has always prided herself on her own mental resolve to get through hard times. She never had difficulty not ""taking work home"" with her, the way some of her colleagues had. This pandemic hit in a way Kate was not prepared for and despite her training Kate found herself feeling increased anxiety and helplessness as the pandemic wore on. As a way to cope with mounting stress Kate began painting this series, Modern Day Rosies. It is a series inspired by the Rosie the Riveters of the 1940s and a call to action for the American people. It was created in the hopes of boosting morale and bringing her local community together. Every Rosie featured in this piece is a woman Kate either knows personally or was recommended by someone she knows. Kate has been featured in many news articles, podcasts, on ABC's Pandemic: What You Need To Know, the cover of Real Woman Magazine and the National EMS Museum as well as the Atlanta History Center. She is grateful for all of the support from her friends, family and community. This series was a very much needed therapy for Kate as much as it was appreciated by the hard working women out there. This series is about bringing recognition and thanks to all the hard working women out there on the frontlines in our communities. Presently, Kate has brought to you a coffee table book, Modern Day Rosies: The Women Behind The Masks, in which the works from this series as well as unpublished Rosies will be crafted together telling each of their stories as well as her own. Be on the lookout for it this fall! Kate can be reached at www.facebook.com/moderndayrosies or https: //katetheriveter.etsy.com"

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