life:

A welder at a boat-and-sub-building yard adjusts her goggles before resuming work, October, 1943. By 1945, women comprised well over a third of the civilian labor force (in 1940, it was closer to a quarter) and millions of those jobs were filled in factories: building bombers, manufacturing munitions, welding, drilling and riveting for the war effort.
See more photos here.

life:

A welder at a boat-and-sub-building yard adjusts her goggles before resuming work, October, 1943. By 1945, women comprised well over a third of the civilian labor force (in 1940, it was closer to a quarter) and millions of those jobs were filled in factories: building bombers, manufacturing munitions, welding, drilling and riveting for the war effort.

See more photos here.

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retrogirly:

Dawn Grayson

screengoddess:

Nan Wynn 1944, photo by George Hurrell

screengoddess:

Nan Wynn 1944, photo by George Hurrell

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Mr:  Happy Monday, Tumblr-inos!  Some light reading on this day off from work.

Mr:  Happy Monday, Tumblr-inos!  Some light reading on this day off from work.

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forties-fifties-sixties-love:

1946
I like that , just say Tish n’ Knit

forties-fifties-sixties-love:

1946

I like that , just say Tish n’ Knit

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mondotopless:

Cindy Fuller

mondotopless:

Cindy Fuller

Love this!

Love this!

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