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This is the document with local identifier 86-WWT-79-2. It was scanned by a Wikimedian at the National Archives ExtravaSCANza. Full metadata and descriptive title will be added when it is cataloged by NARA staff. Please see the back side for the original caption:

GRANTMOTHER TENDS GATES--Mrs. Althea Mitchell of Bay Shore, grandmother and mother of nine children, including one son in the Marines and another in the Army, on duty at Long Island Rail Road crossing in Sayville. Mrs. Mitchell believes that every woman should take an active part in winning the war. She is one of three women employed by the railroad as watchmen at grade crossings to replace men who have entered the armed forces. (All photo rights released.)
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Author Department of Labor. Women's Bureau.
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