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Faye Edwards describes her experiences working with male coworkers at the American Hammered Piston Ring Company in Baltimore during World War II.

Faye Edwards recalls feeling "lucky" she could get a job in a defense plant during World War II.

Faye Edwards describes working conditions in the American Hammered Piston Ring Company.

Faye Edwards describes her work at a Baltimore plant that manufactured piston rings for military vehicles during World War II.

Jimmy Doi recalls his experience working in a radar defense plant after his release from an internment camp.

Jessie Moss describes a minor injury she suffered while working on a B-29 fuselage at Bell Aircraft.

Jessie Moss describes her work building fuselages for B-29 Bombers at Bell Aircraft during World War II.

Jessie Moss explains why she went to work at Bell Aircraft Corporation in Marietta, Georgia.

Jessie Moss provides an example of how expectations for women changed during World War II.

Edith Bond describes her work as a tabulating machine operator at St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company or "St. Johns Shipyard" in Jacksonville, Florida, during World War II.

Edith Bond describes her work at the Bureau of Ships in Washington, D.C., her first posting in the Navy.

Geraldine Anthony recalls the work she did as a janitor at the Bell Aircraft plant known as "Bell Bomber" in Marietta, Georgia, during World War II.

Jean Ousley describes how her parents, Laura and Samuel Spriggs, left Georgia for Michigan during World War II, her father to begin military training and her mother to work in a Kellogg plant.

Elizabeth Hickcox describes her work life at Standard Oil during the first years of World War II.

Paula Fidler describes how the federal government recruited her and other young people for wartime jobs.

Paula Fidler describes the functions of Air Material Command at Wright-Patterson Air Field during World War II.