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title: Women Working in an Armaments Factory, WWII
author: Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20121/women-working-in-an-armaments-factory-wwii/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-02-27
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# Women Working in an Armaments Factory, WWII

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## Image File

[![Women Working in an Armaments Factory, WWII](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20121.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20121.png)

## Image Caption

A photograph of [women](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/women/) working in an armaments factory in Yorkshire, [England](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/england/) during the Second World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1939-45). The women are here finishing 2,000lb bombs for aircraft.

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## Cite This Work

### APA
Museums, I. W. (2025, February 27). Women Working in an Armaments Factory, WWII. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20121/women-working-in-an-armaments-factory-wwii/>
### Chicago
Museums, Imperial War. "Women Working in an Armaments Factory, WWII." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 27, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20121/women-working-in-an-armaments-factory-wwii/>.
### MLA
Museums, Imperial War. "Women Working in an Armaments Factory, WWII." *World History Encyclopedia*, 27 Feb 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20121/women-working-in-an-armaments-factory-wwii/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205199351) by **Imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 27 February 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.