Women making fuseheads |
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Photograph of women making fuse heads
at the Coventry Ordnance Works.
At the end of the First World War, 247,000 women were employed in government munitions factories. Fuse-making was clearly designated as 'women's work'. This photograph shows the crowded shop floor at the Coventry Ordnance Works, where hundreds of women are making fuse heads. Only a handful of men are present. Catalogue reference: MUN 5/164/1124/40 (undated) |
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