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"World War, 1939-1945" women
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Specialists typists cooks stenographers clerks etc urgently needed
Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Women's Army Corps
Ephemera, 1939
She serves - that men may fly
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
Ephemera, 1939
They also serve
Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Women's Army Corps
Ephemera, 1939
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
Ephemera, 1939
Their ranks wil. For 40;000 Canadian women between 18 and 50; the Hyde Park agreement is going to mean something more concrete than a historic declaration of international co [Incomplete]
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Picture, 1940
A woman is never too busy to think of her appearance; however. They are ready for rough and tough work; but like this one; they are glad to have gloves to keep the hands neat. She is an expert in welding. A poster in the factory shows Hitler holding an aching head; as well he might; at the thought of the acceleration in manufacture of war materials on this continent; out of reach fo his bombs.
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Picture, 1941
As never before; women are running the entire scale of jobs in Canadian war industry. Grinding; welding; assembling; drilling punching; pressing; packing; shaping on machines big and small are jobs for women today. This girl is an expert on a grinding wheel. She is working on an airplane part.
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Picture, 1941
The brief simple ceremony was attended by hundreds of workmen; who quit their jobs for a few moments to witness the dedication of the first-fruits of their labor. Here munitions inspectors at the plant line up behind women spectators. The tank; Mr. Howe said; is a Canadian product; into which radical changes in design have been introudced. Hundreds of other mbile fortresses will soon follow this first one.
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Picture, 1941
Sixty per cent. of the workers at the factory where signal cartridges and flares are made are women; forty per cent. are men. Here are two of the women assembling parachute flares; some of which weigh up to thirty pounds.
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Picture, 1941
Canadian Women help make war equipment. A young lady curls metal sheets for parachute flare containers.
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Picture, 1941
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