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A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This capable young woman is making an important contribution to America's war effort. Employed by a Midwest plant, converted from the production of spark plugs to machine guns, she's one of many skilled women milling-machine operators who are producing weapons for America's armed forces. Here, she's checking a slot she has just milled in a gun part. A.C. Spark Plugs

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Women in war. Machine gun production. With swift, deft movements, this young worker, one of 2,000 women employed in a Midwest war plant, assembles barrel carriers of machine guns. It's a job requiring constant attention, speed and judgement; a job for which women have proven themselves better fitted than men. Site: a Midwest plant converted from the manufacture of spark plugs to machine guns. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. She carries a torch for the men of America's armed forces! Blonde, twenty-one-year-old Elne Nigholm brazes bolt latch releases for the Army's machine guns in a Midwest plant which has been converted from the manufacture of spark plugs to production of war materials. Two thousand women now work in this plant, with more to be added as production increases. A.C. Spark Plugs

A black and white photo of a woman working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

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Women in war. Machine gun production operators. She carries a torch for the men of America's armed forces! Blonde, twenty-one-year-old Elne Nigholm brazes bolt latch releases for the Army's machine guns in a Midwest plant which has been converted from the manufacture of spark plugs to production of war materials. Two thousand women now work in this plant, with more to be added as production increases. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This modern "spinning wheel" would astound our grandmothers, and so would the young woman who operates it. One of America's thousands of skilled women war workers, this young Midwesterner twirls the wheel that controls the drilling of holes in machine gun parts. A skilled machine operator, she formerly processed spark plugs on a similar machine, but turned her efforts to war work when the factory was converted to the manufacture of machine guns. A.C. Spark Plugs

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Detroit, Michigan. Steps in the manufacture of casings for 105 mm. shells in the Budd wheel plant. Machining the rotating band on the shell

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michigan genesee county flint nitrate negatives women war gun production operators machine gun production operators wheel grandmothers woman america thousands workers women war workers midwesterner controls holes parts machine gun parts machine operator plugs efforts work war work factory manufacture machine guns spark 1940 s women young woman farm security administration machine gun 1940 s united states history library of congress