Shipyard Gals Civil Rights Why should they risk their

Why should they risk their lives fighting for freedoms in other nations that they did not have at home

the residents created a close-knit community

along with other Black newspapers

nurses to factory workers

Shipyard Gals Civil Rights Why should they risk theirIn 1944, three stateside women had a job to do, but it wasnt easy. On the run from corrupt and violent police back in El Salvador, Elena, an outspoken journalist, is desperate to find work and send money home to her family. But the 1944 California wartime shipyard is a dangerous place. Hostile male co workers shake her friends off rope ladders, and Elenas torn welding gloves cause a serious burn. Rachel, a nave nurse determined to prove herself at the