FDR: “Don't talk to me about manpower any more, because the manpower…”

On the recordJune 10, 1943

Don't talk to me about manpower any more, because the manpower question has been solved by womanpower.

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Democratic · New York

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Excerpts from a Press Conference for Business Paper Editors

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FDR: “Don't talk to me about manpower any more, because the manpower question has been solved by womanpower.”