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Women in industry. Tool production. The hum of whirling machinery accompanies the work of these women cut-off machine operators who are processing small machine parts in a Midwest drill and tool plant. Although this work is relatively unskilled, industrial experience was new to most of these women,
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Credit lineWomen in industry. Tool production. The hum of whirling machinery accompanies the work of these women cut-off machine operators who are processing small machine parts in a Midwest drill and tool plan. 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information, Rosener, Ann. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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