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Hercules drivers, De Soto, Kansas

A view of three women drivers employed by Hercules Powder Company from the Sunflower Ordinance Works plant in De Soto, Kansas. The plant, established in 1941, was the world's largest smokeless powder and propellant manufacturing plant. It was owned by the U.S. government but operated by the Hercules Powder Company. The company changed it's name to the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant on August 1, 1963.

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Women canning, Wichita, Kansas

United States. Works Progress Administration

Women preparing jars for canning, Wichita, Kansas, part of the Works Progress Administration's domestic science and foods project.

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Housekeeping aides, Topeka, Kansas

United States. Works Progress Administration

Photo of two African American women preparing food in Topeka, Kansas, as part of the Works Progress Administration's domestic science and foods project.

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Graves Drug Store, Garnett, Kansas

Interior view of Graves Drug Store. Shown is the soda fountain, employees, and a customer.

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Women workers have big part in Wichita's defense plants

Wichita Eagle

This article, published in the Wichita Eagle, covers women's role in the rapid expansion of the U.S. aviation industry workforce during the winter and spring of 1942.

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Victory Wright to Dr. Price

Wright, Victory

Victory Wright, the corresponding secretary for the Kansas Association of Colored Women, wrote this letter to Dr. Price asking to be paid for services she provided for the Republican Party during the campaign of 1942. Wright mailed cards and handed out flyers to help ensure the Republican victory.

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Townspeople of Hamilton, Kansas

Photo of the townspeople of Hamilton, Kansas, standing in front of the Hamilton bank, gathered for a portrait. Copies were made and sent to every resident who was then serving in the military during World War II. Front row (left to right): F. O. Brown, Roy Hayden, John Keating, Burley Brown, Bert Anderson, Frank Keating, Bob Carson, Vincent Schwintz, Ed Schwintz, John Anderson, Harbin Hawkins, Dick Mills, Mrs. Huston, Pauline Lewis, Charles Reno, Mrs. Ed Debruler, Ed DeBruler, Mary Lenninger, Mrs. Roy Sanderson, Shirley Sanderson, Roy Sanderson. Back row (l-r): Doc Rinker, Jack Fleming, Frank Linden, Robert Meadows, Ed Trask, George Wedelin, Ross Scott, Clark Ulrich, Merle Beevers, Bill Dawson, Munn Hughes, Earl Buffington, George Lloyd, Otis Barngrover, Lem Huston, Violet Hallren, Lillian Behmer, Arch Johnson, Walt Ulrich, Ed Faulk, Jim Piatt, Ralph Reno, Max Fryback.

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Student union, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows a group of female students socializing with members of the V-12 training unit at Washburn University's student union in Topeka, Kansas.

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Elizabeth Degenhardt Pack

Portrait of Elizabeth Degenhardt Pack of Wabaunsee County, Kansas, in a nursing uniform. She attended Baylor University School of Nurses in the early 1940s.

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Marcella Wenderott

Studio portrait of Major Marcella Wenderott in her Army Nurse Corps uniform. She was born April 13, 1915 in Alma, Kansas. She was appointed first lieutenant in the U. S. Army in 1943 and served overseas in Germany and Japan. She died on August 20, 2001.

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