These letters other than their moral significance are very important to the history of Brooklyn and the country. Lucy was one of the first women to work in a job that was only given to men before they had no choice because of the draft. Since women began filling positions in every sector of the ship building industry, it showed that women can be just as productive as men and aren’t as fragile as previously believed. This was all before sexual equality but undoubtedly helped prove why the movement should move. Some of the links were for sites that had information about WWII and some were links for the Jewish community in Brooklyn because both Lucy and Alfred were Jewish. They tell us about its historical relevance and other people from that time and place that were relevant as well. This tells me that preservation is important because even if at the time it doesn’t seem that ground-breaking at the time. In the future people could learn from those experiences like Egan did from Lucy. The letters can help us relate because there is more personal material that can make it easier to understand who they are and that makes them seem more like regular people that we could be friends with in the present day. When you are interested in a person, you are definitely going to be more interested in what they have to say or have gone through.