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| Keywords: Woman shipyard machinist.jpg Photograph en The woman in oil-soaked blue overalls has made her appearance in the Newark N J shipyards She has not yet joined the riveters - probably she never will - but she has entered the machine shop The Submarine Boat Corporation started the experiment with only seven pioneers but according to an announcement made yesterday by Dr Henry Moskowitz industrial consultant of the firm the number will be steadily increased as the men now presiding over the machines are called in the draft This is the first time women have been used in the construction work of the shipyards thought they have been used in the administrative and clerical positions for some time <br> Photo shows - at the rivet sharp cutting machine 1 photo Institution National Archives and Records Administration 1919-01-08 accession number National Archives and Records Administration <gallery> File 86-G-7A25 tif tif </gallery> PD-USGov PD-USGov-DOL NARA-cooperation Uploaded with UploadWizard Files from NARA ExtravaSCANza United States Department of Labor Photographs of World War I Women at work in the United States Newark New Jersey | ||||
