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  • Tags: war plants

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In Mansfield, Ohio, 350 wives of war plant employees started a campaign titled "Health for Victory," which educated war plants about health and wellness, as well as coordinated events accordingly; this initiative eventually expanded out to more…

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Women who worked in aluminum mills during WWII were often designated the job of inspecting and testing the thickness of sheets with a gage test; this photo depicts an Alcoa woman doing so.

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American Magazine wrote an article following the daily routine of Dorothy Vogley, a war plant worker from Canton, Ohio, who also worked the "graveyard shift." This article helped illustrate the day-to-day routine that women in the production war…
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