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To: Washi

One of the biggest hazards in munitions factories during WWII was workers getting scalped by the machinery. They solved the problem by requiring women on the line to wear turbans or hairnets. The shop teacher should have been aware of the risk and told the student to tie her hair back.


12 posted on 09/15/2012 4:59:29 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
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The snood also became popular at this time. I always heard Veronica Lake cut her "peekaboo bang" at the request of the war dept because women's copycat hair was getting caught in the machinery.


29 posted on 09/15/2012 5:58:15 PM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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