1943: African-American women welders kneel in coveralls and hold tools as they prepare to work on SS 'George Washington Carver,' World War II, Richmond, California. (Photo by E. F. Joseph/Anthony Potter Collection/Getty Images)
1943: African-American women welders kneel in coveralls and hold tools as they prepare to work on SS 'George Washington Carver,' World War II, Richmond, California. (Photo by E. F. Joseph/Anthony Potter Collection/Getty Images)