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Safe clothes for women war workers. Correctly dressed, correctly coiffed and ready for work, Eunice Kimball shows her new safety uniform and hair-do to Bendix's chief inspector, Walter Rodgers, who thoroughly approves the transformation. In compliance with all safety rules, her uniform is also smart-looking and washable besides. Note that she wears her identification badge at the belt. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

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Safe clothes for women war workers. Safely and becomingly dressed in her washable denim uniform, Eunice Kimball operates a horizontal milling machine at the Bendix Aviation Plant, turning out essential parts for the armed forces with no danger of accident from a dangling necklace, a loose wisp of hair, or trousers baggy at the ankle. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

Safe clothes for women war workers. The importance of keeping hair short and neat for industrial war work cannot be over-emphasized. Here Eunice Kimball, Bendix employee, gives a final pat to her newly-dressed hair. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

Safe clothes for women war workers. Woman's crowning glory is distinctly out of place in a machine shop--and decidedly dangerous besides, unless completely tacked away beneath a safety hat. Eunice Kimball, with hair dangerously disheveled, poses in Bendix Aviation Plant to illustrate how the safety-conscious woman worker will not look. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

Safe clothes for women war workers. Looking over the job application blank, Eunice herself gets the once-over from guards at the Bendix Aviation Plant. She may be qualified for a job, but she'll have to change her style of dressing when she's hired. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

Safe clothes for women war workers. Looking over the job application blank, Eunice herself gets the once-over from guards at the Bendix Aviation Plant. She may be qualified for a job, but she'll have to change her style of dressing when she's hired. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

Safe clothes for women war workers. Her hair tucked away under a safety cap, war worker Eunice Kimball stands beside whirling machine wheels with no wisp of hair exposed. She's completely protected from the danger of entanglement in moving machine parts. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

Safe clothes for women war workers. Applying for a standard uniform at the Bendix supply center, Eunice Kimball is given a company uniform to replace her own incorrect costume. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Safe clothes for women war workers. Inappropriately dressed for a war plant job, Eunice Kimball is interviewed by Earl Metz, Bendix Aviation employment manager. Mr. Metz tells her that though her application may show her fitness for the job, her clothes are completely unfit for it. Those open-toed sandals would be no protection against falling tools or other heavy objects; her fuzzy sweater would catch in machines; and her jewelry would be a constant menace against moving machine parts. "You're hired," he tells Eunice, "but we'll have to put you into a safe uniform before you even enter the shop." Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

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