Milwaukee Ordnance Plant

By Sarah Pawlicki

Mar 1

Written By REPAIR History

Disabled women were an important part of the war effort on the American Home Front, and deaf women were the ideal workers.

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Black and white photograph of students at the Ohio School for the Deaf. They are smiling at the camera, standing in a row, and, together, fingerspelling “VICTORY.”

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Faribault School for the Feeble-Minded

Eagle Tower