ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「The Women’s Timber Corps, playfully called “lumberjills,” were Rosie the Riveter’s counterparts across the Atlantic during World War II. The group was an elite part of England’s civilian defense efforts and it harvested timber for telegraph poles, rails for D-Day splashdowns and the pit props that defended vital British coal mines. Of the 6,000 workers who toiled in the lumber fields at the peak of the corps’ staffing, a good number were “city bred” — former shop assistants, dressmakers and factory workers. In an article published in 1944, #nytimes assured readers, “It has been found more often than not that the girl whose previous knowledge of tree life was often limited to the telegraph post can swing an axe just as efficiently as a farmer’s daughter.” A photographer shot this photo for The New York Times in 1942. Visit the link in our profile to read more, and follow @nytarchives for more #throwback photos.」3月22日 4時39分