African-American woman helps construct WWII Liberty Ship

Kaiser shipyards, Richmond, Calif. Miss Eastine Cowner, a former waitress, is helping in her job as a scaler to construct the Liberty Ship SS George Washington Carver launched on May 7, 1943.

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Image keywords: 1900s, 20th-century, African Americans, Americas, Eon2442, EonBudget, Liberty ships, Modern-Industrial, People, Photographs, United States, WWII, War-Conflict, World War II, defense industry, domestic labor, homefront, ships, shipyards, war workers, wars, women