usnatarchives:LUEDELL & LAVADA THE RIVETERS Luedell Mitchell and Lavada Cherry rivet at Douglas
usnatarchives:LUEDELL & LAVADA THE RIVETERS Luedell Mitchell and Lavada Cherry rivet at Douglas Aircraft’s El Segundo Plant, CA, NARA ID 535811.Why should Rosie get all the credit? African American women ALSO served overseas and on the home front! By Miriam Kleiman, Public AffairsThese images from the Office of War Information’s Domestic News Branch show some of the many ways African American women contributed to the war effort.See more images from African American Activities in Industry, Government, and the Armed Forces, 1941-1945). Read more in “African Americans and the War Industry,” The Unwritten Record blog post by archives specialist Alexis Hill.Check out the “I too, am Rosie,” Rediscovering Black History blog post by Dr. Tina Ligon, archivist.At one location alone – Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, CA – nearly 1,000 Black women worked as burners, welders, and scalers to help build the Liberty Ship, SS George Washington Carver. “Meet” some of those women below. JOSIE THE WELDER Welder-trainee Josie Lucille Owens works on the Liberty Ship SS George Washington Carver. NARA ID 535803.ALIVIA, HATTIE & FLOSSIE THE WELDERS Welders Alivia Scott, Hattie Carpenter, and Flossie Burtos prepare to weld their first piece of steel on the SS George Washington Carver. NARA ID 535800.EASTINE THE SCALEREastine Cowner works as a scaler on the SS George Washington Carver. NARA ID 535802.See also:Original caption: “The nimble fingers of many American women are now contributing to the war effort in various quartermaster corps depots. This elderly woman worker is handstitching sleeves on an army overcoat.” NARA ID 535808.Bertha Stallworth, age 21, shown inspecting end of 40mm artillery cartridge case at Frankford Arsenal. NARA ID 535805. -- source link
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