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‘Ruthie the Welder’ and Norma Jeane

No discussion of American women’s role in World War II would be complete without mentioning the ‘discovery’ of 19 year-old Norma Jeane Dougherty in 1945, while working at the RadioPlane munitions plant, by army photographer David Conover. Over at the … Continue reading


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