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Caroline Cooper and staff at nylon plant in Martinsville, Virginia

  • 1950s

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Group photograph of staff from DuPont's nylon plant in Martinsville, Virginia. Caroline Cooper, the first forewoman promoted to shift supervisor, is visible in the front row, fourth from right. The rest of the individuals depicted in the photograph are unidentified.

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  • 5 in. H x 7 in. W
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  • (On verso) "Mart Plant Caroline Cooper First Forelady Prometed [Promoted] to Shift Supervisor 4th from Right "Broke Tradition!""
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 2

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“Caroline Cooper and Staff at Nylon Plant in Martinsville, Virginia,” 1950–1959. Joseph X. Labovsky Collection of Nylon Photographs and Ephemera, Box 2. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/t722h886m.

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