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World War II: Women on the Home Front
A cartoon by Paul S. Snyder about a mechanic’s practical joke, circa 1942-43: “Ooops! A lady mechanic – I thought it was Sergeant McGinty!”

A cartoon by Paul S. Snyder about a mechanic’s practical joke, circa 1942-43: “Ooops! A lady mechanic – I thought it was Sergeant McGinty!”

Citation Information
Snyder, Paul S., “Snyder, Paul S.; Arts and Literature, Humor, US Army Air Forces (USAAF),” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/06f6037e075da31845dabaa8915f51d3.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of the National Air and Space Museum via the Smithsonian Institution.

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A cartoon by Paul S. Snyder about a mechanic’s practical joke, circa 1942-43: “Ooops! A lady mechanic – I thought it was Sergeant McGinty!”
A 1943 advertisement in Saint Paul, Minnesota, for job openings for female streetcar drivers.
An interview with Pearl James Hill, an ammunition worker and ship welder during World War II.
Excerpt from a pamphlet called Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II.
A newsreel of the US preparing more paratroops for battle in World War II, 1944.
Letters from Beth Puckett to Lewis Puckett, 1945.
A 1943 photograph of women sitting at a stand in Greensboro, North Carolina selling war bonds and stamps to support the war effort.
A poster highlighting women working in the war industry during World War II, circa 1941-45.
A photograph of a group of women during the 1940s in North Carolina contributing to the war effort by knitting and sewing.
A photograph of two Japanese internee women working with produce in the packing shed at the Tule Lake Relocation Center.
A photo of African American women repairing and conserving clothing for the war effort.
A photograph of a woman working in the naval shipyard in Brunswick, Georgia, 1943.

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