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Eunice Hancock

Eunice Hancock was a 21-year-old welder who operated heavy machinery at a Midwest aircraft plant during World War II. More women took it upon themselves to pick up jobs on assembly lines when most of the country's men were sent off to war. Statistically, 27-37% of the country's women were working outside of the home by 1945.

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