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![Operating a hand drill at North American Aviation, Inc., [a] woman is working in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane, Inglewood, Calif. Alfred T. Palmer, photographer. Oct 1942.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HLq95fbW8AAMhkv?format=webp&name=small)
![This woman worker at the Vultee-Nashville is shown making final adjustments in the wheel well of an inner wing before the installation of the landing gear, Nashville, Tenn. This [is] one of the numerous assembly operations in connection with the mass production of Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers. Alfred T. Palmer, photographer. Feb. 1943.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HLq95gTWYAAM3ot?format=webp&name=small)
