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![[Woman standing on electric shop truck, Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, N.Y., during World War I]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDgvMjkvd29tYW4tc3RhbmRpbmctb24tZWxlY3RyaWMtc2hvcC10cnVjay13YXRlcnZsaWV0LWFyc2VuYWwtd2F0ZXJ2bGlldC1ueS1kdXJpbmctOTQwYmFiLTEwMjQuanBn/320/256/jpg "[Woman standing on electric shop truck, Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, N.Y., during World War I]")
![[World War I Infantry soldiers, standing in front of photographers backdrop]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvd29ybGQtd2FyLWktaW5mYW50cnktc29sZGllcnMtc3RhbmRpbmctaW4tZnJvbnQtb2YtcGhvdG9ncmFwaGVycy1iYWNrZHJvcC02NDAuanBn/40/62/webp "[World War I Infantry soldiers, standing in front of photographers backdrop]")
![[Woman broaching key seat in front sight carrier for rifle, Eddystone Rifle Plant, Eddystone, Pennsylvania, during World War I]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTMvd29tYW4tYnJvYWNoaW5nLWtleS1zZWF0LWluLWZyb250LXNpZ2h0LWNhcnJpZXItZm9yLXJpZmxlLWVkZHlzdG9uZS1yaWZsZS1wbGFudC02MjAzMDItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Woman broaching key seat in front sight carrier for rifle, Eddystone Rifle Plant, Eddystone, Pennsylvania, during World War I]")
![[Woman working turret lathe in training school, Lincoln Motor Co., Detroit, Mi., during World War I]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvd29tYW4td29ya2luZy10dXJyZXQtbGF0aGUtaW4tdHJhaW5pbmctc2Nob29sLWxpbmNvbG4tbW90b3ItY28tZGV0cm9pdC1taS1kdXJpbmctMmQxOTRjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Woman working turret lathe in training school, Lincoln Motor Co., Detroit, Mi., during World War I]")
![[Battersea incident, England, January 1945--girl among the ruins, British flag overhead]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvYmF0dGVyc2VhLWluY2lkZW50LWVuZ2xhbmQtamFudWFyeS0xOTQ1LWdpcmwtYW1vbmctdGhlLXJ1aW5zLWJyaXRpc2gtZmxhZy1vdmVyaGVhZC1iNTMzYjUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Battersea incident, England, January 1945--girl among the ruins, British flag overhead]")
![#17 Nat. Women's Defense League, [World War I]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvMTctbmF0LXdvbWVucy1kZWZlbnNlLWxlYWd1ZS13b3JsZC13YXItaS02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "#17 Nat. Women's Defense League, [World War I]")
![[Woman working at internal thread milling machine, Norton Grinding Co., Worcester, Ma., during World War I]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvd29tYW4td29ya2luZy1hdC1pbnRlcm5hbC10aHJlYWQtbWlsbGluZy1tYWNoaW5lLW5vcnRvbi1ncmluZGluZy1jby13b3JjZXN0ZXItNTQ0MjlmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Woman working at internal thread milling machine, Norton Grinding Co., Worcester, Ma., during World War I]")
