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Woman at Work

Date: 03 24 1969
Description: Young woman at work designing a magazine cover.
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Grading and Sorting Cranberries

Date: 10 1969
Description: Women work along an assembly line grading and sorting cranberries.
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Cranberry Quality Control

Date: 10 1969
Description: As the recently-harvested cranberries move past them on a conveyor belt, they are inspected for quality by a work force made up primarily of women.
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Two Women Model Clothing

Date: 10 08 1963
Description: Two women model clothing. The woman on the left is wearing a wedding dress from 1946, and the other woman is wearing a Mount Mary gym suit.
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Checking Corn Kernels

Date: 1969
Description: Women workers at a Wisconsin canning factory inspecting corn as it passes by them on conveyor belts.
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Man and Woman in Drugstore

Date: 1960
Description: A man and woman stand behind the service counter at a drugstore.
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Insurance Women of Madison

Date: 11 09 1960
Description: Four founding members of Insurance Women of Madison pose at General Casualty Insurance Company. They are, left to right: Leota Schoenoff, Helen Hendrickson...
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Woman Tries to Beat the Heat with Electric Fan

Date: 09 02 1960
Description: An unknown woman sits in front of several electric fans on a hot summer day.
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Woman in Man's Suit

Date: 03 17 1963
Description: A woman modeling a men's suit, while holding an umbrella and wearing a top hat. She is reflected by a mirror in the background.
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Group at Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Convention

Date: 06 1963
Description: Group portrait of men and woman at a Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets convention. Names, (l to r): Mildred Breedlove, Nevada; August Derleth, Wisconsin writer...
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Moving Day at CUNA Mutual

Date: 09 30 1960
Description: When their furniture finally arrived at the new CUNA Mutual Insurance Society building, these three women went to work straightening it up so that they'd b...
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The Grill Room

Date: 05 08 1964
Description: A waitress sets restaurant tables in anticipation of evening business.
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Packaging Onions

Date: 1965
Description: Farmers package onions for shipping. Two women and a man pack and sew closed mesh bags of onions. Another man hoists full bags onto a conveyor belt, while ...
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Annual League of Women Voters Fund Drive

Date: 09 22 1965
Description: William B. Manchester, public relations director for Harry S. Manchester, Inc., is shown "checking the facts" in a brochure before contributing to the annu...
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What Do Women Golfers Wear?

Date: 07 1960
Description: Christiane Haar modeling a hat and a sleeveless blouse.
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All Arabian Horse Show

Date: 06 14 1963
Description: Low angled view of a woman scrubbing a tethered horse with a puddle of water beneath them. The woman and owner is Caroline West of Burlington. Her horse is...
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Provident Savings and Loan New Building

Date: 11 28 1960
Description: Provident Savings and Loan employees work area in the company's new building at 126 South Hamilton Street.
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Fashion Show at Memorial Union

Date: 10 14 1964
Description: Three students in modeling poses. The Associated Women Students of the University of Wisconsin presented its annual fashion show in Great Hall. The studen...
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What Do Women Golfers Wear?

Date: 07 1960
Description: Margorie Hagan modeling a decorated straw hat and a plaid blouse.
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Group at Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Convention

Date: 06 1963
Description: Group portrait of men and woman at a Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets convention. Names, (l to r): Marvin Davis Winsett, Poet Laureate of Texas; Edna Kristin ...

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