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See www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/fall/yeoman-f... "On March 19, 1917, the Bureau of Navigation sent letters to the commanders of the naval districts informing them they could recruit women into the Naval Coast Defense Reserve to be "utilized as radio operators, stenographers, nurses, messengers, chauffeurs, etc. and in many other capacities in the industrial line." The new enlisted women were able to become yeomen, electricians (radio operators), or any other ratings necessary to the naval district operations. The majority became yeomen and were designated as yeomen (F) for female yeomen."

Calendar is showing the month of March 1918 and appears to be printed by Baker Printing, Newark, NJ. See "Newark, the City of Industry: Facts and Figures Concerning the Metropolis of Newark, New Jersey," published in 1912, books.google.com/books?id=l1goAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA178&d... for a piece on Baker Printing. This suggests that the pictures of the Navy "yeowomen" were taken in the northeastern U.S.

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The emblem on the sleeve indicates that these women were in the U.S. Navy.

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The date Wystan has noted on the image, 9/26/13, was the first full test of the locks. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_Locks and query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=940DE7D8163DE633A...