Six vacancies for charwomen in the U.S.A. Civil Service caused this riot. About 15,000 women in Washington came for application blanks. A policeman is seen trying to get through the crowd. Fighting broke out, and many women were injured.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 November 1938, Page 8
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39Six vacancies for charwomen in the U.S.A. Civil Service caused this riot. About 15,000 women in Washington came for application blanks. A policeman is seen trying to get through the crowd. Fighting broke out, and many women were injured. Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 November 1938, Page 8
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