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"Grandma is never absent now that they let her do all her own baking at the plant."
"Grandma is never absent now that they let... |
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A room of female seamstresses sew parachutes for the war effort.
A room of female seamstresses sew parachutes... |
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Female trainees at the Harrisburg Shops, Middletown, PA, circa 1944.
At the height of World War II, women accounted... |
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African-American women trainees at Carrie Furnace learning masonry skills, Pittsburgh, PA, October 1944.
Pennsylvania's great demand for labor fueled... |
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Women and older men employed during WWII at a defense plant in Cressona, Schuylkill County, Pa.
Women and older men employed during WWII... |
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Women workers on the fuse assemble line at the Philco plant, Philadelphia, PA, June 16, 1941
At the height of World War II, women accounted... |
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Women on Mack Truck Company's paint line for military vehicles in 1943.
During World Wars I and II, Mack built heavy-duty... |
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Boyertown Auto Body Works female employees during World War II.
Boyertown Auto Body Works female employees... |
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Women who contributed to the war-time production at the Boyertown Auto Body Works.
Boyertown Auto Body Works Rosie the Reveters,... |
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Budd Manufacturing Company worker Florence McMillan, with 20-pound fragmentation bombs, Philadelphia, PA, October 18, 1941.
"Beauty and the Bombs" was the title that... |
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WAVE Sally Siebert from Pittsburgh and WAC Winifred Thompson inspect the nose of a Budd RB-1 Conestoga cargo aircraft at Budd Field, Philadelphia, PA., January 29, 1945.
During World War II, 21,887 women from the... |
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First Female Gang Leaders in Masonry, February 1944.
First Female Gang Leaders in Masonry, February... |
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Miss Elizabeth Kochersperger conducting test to determine the mechanical properties of the metals to be used for Ordnance material at Frankford Arsenal
Miss Elizabeth Kochersperger conducting test... |
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Mrs. Doris Cashmer and Mrs. Lucille Owens prepare high-speed X-ray apparatus for photographing a bullet in motion in a gun barrel at the Frankford Arsenal Laboratory, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1944.
Opened in 1816, Philadelphia's Frankford... |
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Woman swing shifters interrupting their work as welders at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard for chat, circa 1943.
Woman swing shifters interrupting their work... |
