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In addition to munitions factories, women also performed other "non-traditional" roles during wartime when men weren't available to fill them. These women are building lifeboats at the Bell Boatyard, circa 1914-1918. The boatyard was owned by Alexander Graham Bell and his wife Mabel. Though the Bell's often employed local women (from Baddeck, NS) during the First World War, they also ran a program which providing housing and work for women from out of town.

Black and white photograph. Interior of a large wooden building. Women in work clothes, overalls, are performing different tasks constructing wooden boats. — (Canada Dept. of National Defence, Library and Archives Canada, MIKAN No. 3193548.)

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