civilian workers

Other War Workers 

Women War Workers of Marinship Corp

October 1, 2016March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments chippers, civilian workers, war work, wwii women

“Chippers.” Women war workers of Marinship Corp, 1942. Photo size: 2382 × 2948 Photo source: U.S. National Archives Usage: Public

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Aircraft Workers 

Pearl Harbor Widows Working in Corpus Christi

October 1, 2016March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly plant, civilian workers, corpus christi, pearl harbor widows, texas

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

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Aircraft Workers Featured 

Women Working in Airplane Factory

September 30, 2016February 26, 2018 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft workers, airplane factory, civilian workers, drill press operators, swing shift, war work

Women “man” America’s machines in a west coast airplane factory, where the swing shift of drill press operators is composed

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Other War Workers 

Women Workers Building Assault Boats

September 30, 2016January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assault boats, civilian workers, factory, war work

Civilian women workers build assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. December 1941. Photo size: 2960 × 2357 Photo source: n/a

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Other War Workers 

Women Learn War Work at Vocational School

September 30, 2016January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments civilian workers, daytona beach, vocational school, war work

Secretaries, housewives, waitresses, women from all over central Florida are getting into vocational schools to learn war work. Typical are

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Women's Land Army 

Women Pick Cotton for U.S. Crop Corps

September 30, 2016January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments agriculture, civilian workers, farming, picking cotton, U.S. Crop Corps, WLA, Women's Land Army

Women pick cotton for the U.S. Crop Corps, ca. 1943. Many women joined the Women’s Land Army (WLA, part of

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Posters 

Blueprint For Victory WWII Recruiting Poster

September 29, 2016 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments civilian workers, WAC, WAVES, WWII Recruiting Poster, wwii women

WWII Recruiting Poster: “Blueprint for Victory: WAVES…WACS…Workers – They’re All With Us To Win!” Photo size: 1850 × 2785 Photo

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