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Women Railroad Workers on Lunch Break

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Women Railroad Workers on Lunch Break

Women railroad workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room at the Chicago and North Western Railroad in Clinton, Iowa. Women took over many of the railroad jobs vacated by men heading overseas to serve their country in the war effort.

Photo size: 3000 × 2248
Photo source: Library of Congress
Usage: Public Domain




More World War II Women Who Served:
Wiper Gives Locomotive a Steam Bath at the Roundhouse
Roundhouse Helper Learning to Operate Turntable
Dorothy Lucke is Wiper at Iowa Railroad Roundhouse
Roundhouse Sweeper at Chicago and Northwestern Railroad