"World War, 1939-1945" women : Digital Archive Ontario

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Ephemera, 1942

Fumi Shoyama; graduate nurse; who ministers to the Japanese women and children in Hastings Park; Vancouver. Fumi was born and educated in Canada.

Picture, 1942

They're capable; these woman; the foremen say. Louise Therriault of Montreal is seen in a bomber cockpit; connecting switch boxes; smiling as she works

Picture, 1942

Flower-covered caskets of 28 English schoolboys and their woman headmaster are borne in motor trucks to a communal grave in an English village. They were killed when a single bomb from a lone Nazi raider shattered the schoolhouse

Picture, 1942

Women Are Warriors might well be the title of this picture story; illustrating the part women play in the work of a small Ontario munitions town. Above is shown part of the women's army as they pass the men's dormitories on the way to their jobs.The village in which they live is self-contained; and boasts a hospital; recreation hall; restaurant; beauty parlor and playing field. One feature is that the plant offers postwar rehabilitation courses.

Picture, 1942

At right she is shown at her delicate and important job. She is believed to be the only woman tool and die maker in Canada. Toronto born; 19 years ago; and a graduate of a commerce school; she exchanged her typewriter for a cutting tool while employed as stenographer at an industrial plant three years ago.

Picture, 1942

Typical of thousands of young women who play important roles in the war-time scene is Mary Spellan; accountant in Research's glass-making department.

Picture, 1943

Women learn to fill the shells for their soldiers; Wives; mothers and grandmothers of active service men are wartime schoolgirls at classes in shell-filling in Danforth technical school. Here are (LEFT to RIGHT); Mrs. Hedley Dollimore; mother of two whose husband is in the army at Camp Borden; Mrs. Christine Ramsey; an instructress at the classes; and Mrs. Harold Nash; who has a brother in the army and knits for the Red Cross in spare time.

Picture, 1943

Star girl enlists; Isobel McRae; employed in The Star business office for six years; has enlisted in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval service and has been posted to Galt.

Picture, 1943

Miss Gay Park of Windsor is one of the 350 Ontario school teachers who have volunteered to work during their summer vacation at General Engineering Company, Scarboro war plant, so that regular war workers there will be able to have summer holidays. Miss Park was a teacher at Gordon McGregor school. Windsor.

Picture, 1943

"The Stewart Girls" as they are known at the plant, look over a shell which they helped make. Mrs. Stewart holds the fuse end; she is supervisor in the fuse filling shop. Barbara is supervisor in the primer filling shop.

Picture, 1943

Formerly a man's job; sandblasting is now being done by women. Lillian Nunn is an expert.

Picture, 1943

Operator of a turret lathe in the plant of Research Enterprises; Ann Haladay; 26; of Browning Ave.; former Saskatchewan girl; wears an Idea for Victory pin; first one presented to a woman war worker in Canada. It came to her recently from the of an idea or suggestion; but for outstanding efficiency on her job. One of the first woman employees in the plant she says she's never been on a job she likes as well. Former hairdresser by trade; she likes movies; bowling; enjoys watching baseball and hockey.

Picture, 1943

A girl crane operator; Mrs. Blanche Millette; lifts a ten-ton load as easily as she would operate a sewing machine. She is one of thousands praying women have a definite place in ward plants.

Picture, 1943

Miss Jean Reed; for 5 1/2 years an employee of the circulation department of The Toronto Star Weekly; who has enlisted in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service. Miss Reed is the Youngest daughter of Mrs. R. A. Reed of Barrie. Her sister; Kay; has been a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force (women's division) for some time and recently completed an officer's training course. A brother; Ernest; is in the Royal Canadian Air Force at No. 4 wireless school; Burtch; Ont. Miss Reed is being posted to H.M.C.S. Conestoga at Galt.

Picture, 1943

Patricia is the youngest of the Lamarche sisters at the plant. The sisters ran a restaurant nearby before going to work in the plant.

Picture, 1943

Welcome To Tunis; is the cry of this woman and her small baby to the driver of a French reconnaissance car as the men of the Zouave regiment accept the honor of marching through the town the day after the victory.

Picture, 1943

Her agonized Face showing the extent of her wounds; a woman robomb victim in England is aided by defence workers.

Picture, 1944

At the General Engineering Co. plant at Scarboro and the Defence Industries Ltd. plant at Ajax, 3,400 women workers are needed to help make shells so that the guns can be kept in action. Margaret Miller, fuse maker at General Engineering, asks for help to fill the gaps in the line - to keep the guns supplied.

Picture, 1944

A sight for the sun-blistered eyes of the Canadian fighting men on the Italian front is Pte. Jean Gallani of the Canadian Women's Army Corps; Halifax. A trouper with the Canadian Army Show; she is shown here resting at a Canadian casualty clearing station in Italy.

Picture, 1944

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Fumi Shoyama; graduate nurse; who ministers to the Japanese women and children in Hastings Park; Vancouver. Fumi was born and educated in Canada.

They're capable; these woman; the foremen say. Louise Therriault of Montreal is seen in a bomber cockpit; connecting switch boxes; smiling as she works

Flower-covered caskets of 28 English schoolboys and their woman headmaster are borne in motor trucks to a communal grave in an English village. They were killed when a single bomb from a lone Nazi raider shattered the schoolhouse

Typical of thousands of young women who play important roles in the war-time scene is Mary Spellan; accountant in Research's glass-making department.

Star girl enlists; Isobel McRae; employed in The Star business office for six years; has enlisted in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval service and has been posted to Galt.

"The Stewart Girls" as they are known at the plant, look over a shell which they helped make. Mrs. Stewart holds the fuse end; she is supervisor in the fuse filling shop. Barbara is supervisor in the primer filling shop.

Formerly a man's job; sandblasting is now being done by women. Lillian Nunn is an expert.

A girl crane operator; Mrs. Blanche Millette; lifts a ten-ton load as easily as she would operate a sewing machine. She is one of thousands praying women have a definite place in ward plants.

Patricia is the youngest of the Lamarche sisters at the plant. The sisters ran a restaurant nearby before going to work in the plant.

Welcome To Tunis; is the cry of this woman and her small baby to the driver of a French reconnaissance car as the men of the Zouave regiment accept the honor of marching through the town the day after the victory.

Her agonized Face showing the extent of her wounds; a woman robomb victim in England is aided by defence workers.

A sight for the sun-blistered eyes of the Canadian fighting men on the Italian front is Pte. Jean Gallani of the Canadian Women's Army Corps; Halifax. A trouper with the Canadian Army Show; she is shown here resting at a Canadian casualty clearing station in Italy.

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