Lottie Purdy, Pamela Smith & Linda Purdy,
Lottie Purdy, 30, left, her sister Pamela Smith, 35, center, and their aunt, Linda Purdy, 52, all of Beaumont, sit on a train car Wednesday morning after working to offload US Army Bradley Fighting Vehicles at the Port of Beaumont. The three women are members of the International Longshoremen's Association Local 1316 and are some of several woman that have been working alongside the men at the port.
PHOTO/SCOTT ESLINGER APRIL 20, 2005
