civilian workers

Railroad Workers 

Women Railroad Workers on Lunch Break

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Chicago and North Western Railroad, civilian workers, railroad workers, women workers, wwii jobs

Women railroad workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room at the Chicago and North

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Railroad Workers 

Women Wipers at Chicago and Northwestern Railroad

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Chicago and North Western Railroad, civilian workers, locomotive, railroad workers, roundhouse

Marcella Hart and Elibia Siematter, women wipers at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad roundhouse in Clinton, Iowa, cleaning one of

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Railroad Workers 

Women Railroad Workers at the Roundhouse

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Chicago and North Western Railroad, civilian workers, iowa, locomotive, railroad workers, roundhouse

Women wipers employed at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad roundhouse in Clinton, Iowa, cleaning one of the giant “H” class

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Railroad Workers 

Women Railroad Workers Clean Giant Locomotive

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Chicago and North Western Railroad, civilian workers, locomotive, railroad workers

Mrs. Marcella Hart and Mrs. Viola Sievers, women wipers of the Chicago and North Western Railroad, clean one of the

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Aircraft Workers 

Woman Trains to Become Mechanic in Corpus Christi

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments apprenticeship program, assembly plant, civil service, civilian workers, corpus christi, naval air base, NYA trainee

A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, is one of many women taking NYA

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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 

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 

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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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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