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woman with children clinging to her holding blow torch while talking with another woman
"And then in my spare time ..." Drawing by Bob Barnes for OWI, ca. 1943. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b43729

Women at Work: Glimpses through Time

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Recently, while preparing to present a virtual orientation offering a sampling of Prints & Photographs Division collections for representations of work, workers and labor themes, I found myself selecting image after image that showed women working in a variety of industrial and office settings (at the same time recognizing that for centuries women have also performed work inside the home). While single images can hardly tell the rich and complex story of women’s participa