Canoga Rockettes precise as dancing counterparts in N.Y
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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
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, "Lead Woman Insures Live Wires - Thelma Batchlor of Woodland Hills, 10-year veteran with North American Aviation, is lead woman in Rocketdyne electrical group supervising in wiring of junction boxes used in rocket engines that power nation's biggest ballistic missiles. There are 2,260 women at Valley plant who are backing space effort."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
North American Aviation North American Aviation, inc.--Rocketdyne Division--Employees Women aerospace engineers--California--Los Angeles Women engineers--California--Los Angeles Women in science--California--Los Angeles Women scientists--California--Los Angeles Rocket engines Canoga Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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