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1939-1945: World War II > Women in the Workforce

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Title: Shipyard "Dress Code" poster
Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

These images show women at work during World War II, when the shortage of male workers opened new jobs to women. Photographs depict women working in factories and engaged in hard physical labor.

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