Career Day: Working Women of the 1940s – Maryland Center for History and Culture

In honor of the recent loss of Mary Ellis, one of the last remaining female pilots of World War II, we wanted to feature some photos exhibiting other ways women kept the world moving forward in wartime.

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Career Day: Working Women of the 1940s – Maryland Center for

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