Canoga Rockettes precise as dancing counterparts in N.Y
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph included in the Exhibit: Defining Their Identity: The Changing Roles of Women in the Post-War Era as Documented by the Valley Times Newspaper. North American Aviation's Rocketdyne Division was considered to be among the most experienced in the rocket research field and was an active participant in the development of rocket engine technology. Photograph caption dated February 4, 1959 reads, "Electrifying Designer - Betty Edwards of Canoga Park is UCLA engineer. Her work is designing installation of electrical utilities throughout Rocketdyne facilities in Valley. Women play important part in company's space age."
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
North American Aviation North American Aviation, inc.--Rocketdyne Division--Employees Women aerospace engineers--United States Women engineers--United States Women in science--United States Women scientists--United States Rocket engines Canoga Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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