Women working in the Assembly and Repair Dept

Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war to carry on the fight with a personal vengeance. Mrs. Virginia Young (right), whose husband was one of the first casualties of World War II, is a supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department of the Naval Air Base at Corpus Christi, Texas. Her job is to find convenient and comfortable living quarters for women workers from out of the state, like Ethel Mann, who operates an electric drill. circa August 1942

1940 1949 Coworker Craftsperson Drill Equal Maintenance Repairing Responsibility Riveter Rosie Supervisor

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