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Women work on the assembly line at Oliver Corporation. During World War II, women frequently took on factory jobs when men were drafted into military service. This created new opportunities for women in areas traditionally viewed as men’s work.
This file appears in: Oliver Chilled Plow Works Smokestack
Oliver Chilled Plow Works Smokestack
Oliver Chilled Plow Works - 1835-1855 South Bend’s Oliver Chilled Plow Works manufactured some of the world’s most popular plows, calling themselves “Plowmakers to the World.” Immigrant and inventor James Oliver’s patented method of chilling the…