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Cheerfully doing the work required; The colored women did willingly and efficiently their part in helping win the war.

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1206642

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Title

Cheerfully doing the work required; The colored women did willingly and efficiently their part in helping win the war.

Collection

Kelly Miller's history of the world war for human rights: being an intensely human and brilliant account of the world war and why and for what purpose America and the allies are fighting and the important part taken by the Negro, including the horrors and wonders of modern warfare, the new and strange devices, etc. ... by Kelly Miller ... illustrated with 128 genuine pictures from recent official photographs, also outline map drawings

Names

Miller, Kelly, 1863-1939 (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1919
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: Austin Jenkins Co.

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 940.9-M (Miller, K. History of the world war for human rights)

Subjects

Laborers
African American women
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women

Genres

Photographs

Physical Description

Halftone photomechanical prints

Identifiers

Barcode: 3343302157518
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR3964269-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11722032
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): acecac60-c6ed-012f-610a-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1919

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Cheerfully doing the work required; The colored women did willingly and efficiently their part in helping win the war." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1919. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/acecac60-c6ed-012f-610a-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1919). Cheerfully doing the work required; The colored women did willingly and efficiently their part in helping win the war. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/acecac60-c6ed-012f-610a-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Cheerfully doing the work required; The colored women did willingly and efficiently their part in helping win the war." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/acecac60-c6ed-012f-610a-58d385a7bc34

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