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| Keywords: 86-WWT-79-1.jpg 200px right This is the document with local identifier 86-WWT-79-1 It was scanned by a Wikimedian at the National Archives ExtravaSCANza Full metadata and descriptive title will be added when it is cataloged by NARA staff It contains the original caption SHE'S WORKING ON THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD ”Mrs Rose C Penna 20 whose husband is entering the Signal Corps is typical of the women now filling the jobs of Men who have gone into military service The Long Island Rail Road has women cleaning engines as Rose is doing here; operating signal towers tidying up coaches and guarding crossings All are inspired by the realization that each is freeing a man to fight the Axis or for other essential war work They're holding the jobs until the men return All photo rights released National Archives and Records Administration 1943-03-12 Department of Labor Women's Bureau thumb left Back NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Files from NARA ExtravaSCANza Women at work in the United States World War II home front in the United States Long Island Rail Road 1943 in rail transport in the United States Long Island Rail Road steam locomotives Pennsylvania Railroad G5 | ||||
