With nearly 1000 African-American women employed as burners, welders, scalers, and in other capacities at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, women war workers played an important part in the construction of the Liberty Ship, SS George Washington Carver, launched on May 7th, 1943. Welder
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"With nearly 1000 African-American women employed as burners, welders, scalers, and in other capacities at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, women war workers played an important part in the construction of the Liberty Ship, SS George Washington Carver, launched on May 7th, 1943. Welder" (1941–1945). FSA/OWI. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:With_nearly_1000_(African-American)_women_employed_as_burners,_welders,_scalers,_and_in_other_capacities_at_the..._-_NARA_-_535803.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 127237.
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