Author: Margie Bedell-Burke

Aircraft Workers 

Pearl Harbor Widow Supervises Assembly & Repair Dept

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly plant, civilian workers, corpus christi, pearl harbor widows

Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight with a personal vengeance. Mrs. Virginia Young

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Aircraft Workers 

NYA Trainee Operates Cutting Machine at Naval Air Base

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft worker, apprentice, civil service, civilian worker, corpus christi, NYA trainee

“Women in white” doctor Navy aircraft motors at the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Mildred Webb, an NYA

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Aircraft Workers 

Workers at Assembly and Repair Department in Corpus Christi

January 18, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aviation plant, civil service, civilian workers, corpus christi, naval air base

Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis (left) now “keeps ’em flyin’” at

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Aircraft Workers 

Woman Works as Cowler at Naval Air Base

January 18, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft worker, civilian worker, corpus christi, cowler, naval air base

Women contribute their skills to the nation’s needs during WWII by keeping the country’s planes in top-notch fighting condition. Wife

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Aircraft Workers 

Putting Finishing Touches on B-17F Bomber Nose Section

January 18, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft factory, aviation plant, b-17f bomber, civilian worker, douglas aircraft company, Flying Fortress, woman worker

North Dakota native Phyllis Ann Marxson Clark puts the finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy

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Aircraft Workers 

Women Working on B-17F Bomber at Douglas Aircraft Company

January 18, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft factory, assembly plant, aviation workers, b-17f bomber, civilian workers, douglas aircraft company, fuselage

Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company,

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Firsts Navy WAVES 

First African-American WAVES Officers

October 3, 2016February 27, 2018 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments african american, midshipmens school, WAVES officers

LTJG Harriet Ida Pickens and ENS Frances Wills were members of the final graduating class at Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School

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Aircraft Workers 

Top-Notch Mechanic Rebuilds Airplane Engines

October 3, 2016March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft factory, airplane mechanic, civilian worker, licensed pilot, Mary Josephine Farley, WWII WASPs

A top-notch mechanic, 20-year-old Mary Josephine Farley expertly rebuilds airplane engines in 1941. A licensed pilot who had already made

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Other War Workers 

Women Workers at WWII Ammunition Plant

October 3, 2016January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments ammunition plant, civilian workers, clip assembly, frankford arsenal, rosie the riveter

MOTHER OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE – Clip spring and bolt assembly for .30 caliber cartridges at the Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia,

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Aircraft Workers 

Women Operate Machinery at North American Aviation

October 3, 2016March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly plant, aviation plant, civilian workers, machinery, rosie the riveter, sheet metal workers

Women take over the operation of some of the heaviest machine tools at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American

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