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Group portrait showing five African American women working with the Baltimore & Ohio railroad as trackwomen, 1943. B & O Railroad. They helped maintain and inspect railroad tracks. (Photo by National Archives/Interim Archives/Getty Images)

Group portrait showing five African American women working with the Baltimore & Ohio railroad as trackwomen, 1943.  B & O Railroad. They helped maintain and inspect railroad tracks. (Photo by National Archives/Interim Archives/Getty Images)