Women At Work Gallery

Government charwoman who provides for a family of six on her salary... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Washington, D.C. Government charwoman who provides for a family of six on her salary of one thousand and eighty dollars per year. She puts ten percent of her salary in war bonds. [Mrs Ella Watson]

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In trailer clinic, the nurse consults the migrant... Merrill FSA camp, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange

In trailer clinic. The nurse consults the migrant mother whose small boy is ailing. Merrill FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp, Klamath County, Oregon

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Pea picker camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea picker camp. This family had been farm owners in Oklahoma, lost their farm and for the last three years "have been draggin our children around California. We're a have-to case." Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. [Woman using Nesco steel rust-resisting washtub]

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