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hunter

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7. My grandma was a shipyard welder during the war.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sat Dec 10, 2022, 09:37 PM

Dec 2022

She was one of the few women who kept working after the war but she was excluded from the heavyweight jobs that were considered "men's work" even though she'd been doing them throughout the war.

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Women at work - WWII - photos and commentary [View all] packman Dec 2022 OP

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The war ended, the men came home and ... sanatanadharma Dec 2022 #3

An interesting set of pictures. Thanks. NNadir Dec 2022 #4

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My mother went from driving a team of mules on a farm to inspecting welds in an armament factory. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2022 #6

My grandma was a shipyard welder during the war. hunter Dec 2022 #7

thank you for this interesting link BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #8