In 1940 Elizabeth Hawes, the dress designer, worked a night shift at an airplane factory. Her book Why Women Cry or Wrenches for Wenches tells of her experience. Hawes was also a union organizer, a champion of gender equality, and a political activist. Earrings finish: solid brass, electro-plated with non-tarnishing silver finish, Swarovksi glass beads, ear wires are hypo-allergenic dimensions: hangs approx. 1.75 (gift boxed with provenance card).

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