Partners in Winning the War: American Women in World War II

Dora Miles and Dorothy Johnson
Women in Production

Additional images of women working in factories
A riveting machine operator joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California, October 1942 Credit: Library of Congress	Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber (the “Flying Fortress”) at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California, October 1942. Credit: National Archives
Riveters at the Douglas Aircraft Company, in Long Beach, California Credit: Library of Congress		Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation Inc., plant in California, June 1942 Credit: Library of Congress
Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, this woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee, February 1943 Credit: Library of Congress		This young woman is putting finishing touches on the bombadier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, California, Oct. 1942 Credit: Library of Congress
Packard advertisement, The American Magazine, October 1943 Credit: Women's Memorial Foundation Click on image to see larger version	Credit: Library of Congress	Lunchtime brings a few minutes of rest from the assembly line for these women workers at Douglas Aircraft Company’s plant, Long Beach, California.