1942: LBJ reported back to FDR about the need for more workers in the navy yards. “He proposed that laborers be drawn from pre-draft-age men, men with dependents who would not be called, men deferred because of physical disabilities, and women who could not only do clerical jobs but also work on assembly lines and in repair shops as well as or even better than men.” ——Woods, Randall B. LBJ: Architect of American Ambition. New York: Free Press, 2006, p. 232. Photo from Library of Congress via Flickr.
Pop-upView Separately

1942: LBJ reported back to FDR about the need for more workers in the navy yards.

“He proposed that laborers be drawn from pre-draft-age men, men with dependents who would not be called, men deferred because of physical disabilities, and women who could not only do clerical jobs but also work on assembly lines and in repair shops as well as or even better than men.”

——Woods, Randall B. LBJ: Architect of American Ambition. New York: Free Press, 2006, p. 232.

Photo from Library of Congress via Flickr.

Source: Flickr / library_of_congress

58 Notes/ Hide

  1. timespent reblogged this from dendroica
  2. thesunsetempire reblogged this from theunconventional
  3. theunconventional reblogged this from lbjlibrary
  4. awordforeverything reblogged this from lbjlibrary
  5. smallskeletal reblogged this from lbjlibrary
  6. poptartmafia reblogged this from lbjlibrary
  7. jespree reblogged this from lbjlibrary
  8. shortblonde reblogged this from thunder-cock
  9. atroxia reblogged this from thunder-cock
  10. This was featured in #History
  11. lbjlibrary posted this