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 England's Heroines Are in Her Munition Plants

���Dressed in the familiar garb of the muni- tions maker and wearing masks to protect their nostrils from the noxious fumes of high explosives, these workers are putting the finishing touches on large shells

��Below are shown shells of eight different sizes which England is using against her enemies. A steel ring is placed in the nose of each shell. By means of this, the shell can easily be lifted with an ordinary hoist

��Crane girls in one of England's greatest munition plants swinging to the floor from their aerial posts, where they operate a vast network of hoisting machinery. More than eighty thou- sand British women are now holding positions occupied by men before war altered industrial conditions

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