Women Electric Welders at Hog Island Shipyard
ca. 1918
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These welders were the first women to be engaged in actual ship construction in the United States. This image comes from of a series of photographs from the Historical Branch of the War Plans Division in the War Department. The images were assembled by the Committee for Public Information and considered to be the "Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs."
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs.
National Archives Identifier: 533763
Full Citation: Photograph 165-WW-595E(7); Women electric welders at Hog Island shipyard. These are the first women to be engaged in actual ship construction, in the United States; ca. 1918; American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/women-electric-welders, March 25, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.