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Women Gardening and Making Weapons during WW2 in Canada


From the Library and Archives Canada.

24 Aug. 1942
Québec, Quebec

The Perry Sisters, employed at the Dominion Arsenals Ltd. plant, armed with rake, watering can and pitchfork, help look after the vegetable garden where they are working.


Nicholas Morant, photographie, Saint-Malo (Québec), Avril 1942.

During the Second World War, vast numbers of women entered the various war industries, especially inspecting and manufacturing munitions, as here in the Dominion Arsenal factory in Saint-Malo, Quebec.


Munitions Workers – Photos – National Film Board of Canada. Still Photography Division.

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