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National Archives Identifier: 522867
Full Citation: Labor. [African-American] women at work in lumber yards. [African-American] women, dressed in men’s clothes, lifting heavy pieces of lumber; 2/5/1919; Records of the Women’s Bureau, Record Group 86. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/labor-africanamerican-women-at-work-in-lumber-yards-africanamerican-women-dressed-in-mens-clothes-lifting-heavy-pieces-of-lumber/, December 19, 2025]
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