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

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

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

Airborne troops are landing all around this German woman and her children who have taken refuge in a fox hole on the Rhine's east bank.

Picture, 1945

Teacher becomes pupil in war plant: Greta Huffman, teacher at Roden public school, gets a lesson in fuse-filling from Doris Frost, supervisor at General Engineering. Greta is one of 400 school teachers who are spending the summer helping to speed up the production of shells for the invading armies.

Picture, 1944

"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

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

Two Young Women are here inspecting the equipment in a Ram tank before the gun shield is rivetted in place and the cannan installed. Designed by Maj. Gen. F. F. Worthington; O.C. 4th Canadian division; Rams are being supplied to two Canadian divisions.

Picture, Date Unknown

This Japanese Woman with her baby strapped to her back is getting ready for the U.S. occupation troops. She's cleaning a window in Atzubi barracks in Tokyo now occupied by the 1st Cavalry Divison

Picture, 1945

Lining up in Berlin; men; women and children wait before a potato pile in a street to receive their rations of potatoes. Two women supervise the distribution as they fill empty bags with shovels. Food is scarce in the German capital and there are few buildings suitable for districbuting centres. Allied vehicles carry food to the city

Picture, 1945

Announcement of Hon. J. L. Usley; minister of finance; that a wife who earns $600 a year will be treated as a single tax-payer; and her husband as a married one; comes as welcome news to married women at Massey Harris plant. An official of the personnel department stated that war workers some of the women in the 25-pound shell department earn as high as $40 a week; and that they become highly skilled workers who must be kept if production is going to keep its pace.

Picture, 1942

The brief simple ceremony was attended by hundreds of workmen; who quit their jobs for a few moments to witness the dedication of the first-fruits of their labor. Here munitions inspectors at the plant line up behind women spectators. The tank; Mr. Howe said; is a Canadian product; into which radical changes in design have been introudced. Hundreds of other mbile fortresses will soon follow this first one.

Picture, 1941

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

After shift hours from her work at General Engineering, Scarboro, Hilda Reid spends time at her plot in the plant's big allotment. Here she's getting herself a cooling drink.

Picture, 1944

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

Completely Clad in Germany garb; even to the helmet; this Polish woman on guard at Haren camp is here inspecting the identity card of Driver William Massey; St. Mary's. Her own uniform was beyond repaid

Picture, 1945

Toronto me; women; boys and girls who pass aptitude tests find themselves building planes. Starting her test is Jean Secor.

Picture, Date Unknown

Down in Quebec women are playing a big role in a gun plant and here Isobel MacKenzie inspects six-pounder gun parts.

Picture, 1942

She serves - that men may fly

Ephemera, 1939

Handle With Care is the motto of the girls as they pack cordite is silk bags in a munitions plant. One-third of the workers are women.

Picture, 1942

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire

Ephemera, 1939

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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.

Airborne troops are landing all around this German woman and her children who have taken refuge in a fox hole on the Rhine's east bank.

Teacher becomes pupil in war plant: Greta Huffman, teacher at Roden public school, gets a lesson in fuse-filling from Doris Frost, supervisor at General Engineering. Greta is one of 400 school teachers who are spending the summer helping to speed up the production of shells for the invading armies.

"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.

Two Young Women are here inspecting the equipment in a Ram tank before the gun shield is rivetted in place and the cannan installed. Designed by Maj. Gen. F. F. Worthington; O.C. 4th Canadian division; Rams are being supplied to two Canadian divisions.

This Japanese Woman with her baby strapped to her back is getting ready for the U.S. occupation troops. She's cleaning a window in Atzubi barracks in Tokyo now occupied by the 1st Cavalry Divison

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.

After shift hours from her work at General Engineering, Scarboro, Hilda Reid spends time at her plot in the plant's big allotment. Here she's getting herself a cooling drink.

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.

Completely Clad in Germany garb; even to the helmet; this Polish woman on guard at Haren camp is here inspecting the identity card of Driver William Massey; St. Mary's. Her own uniform was beyond repaid

Toronto me; women; boys and girls who pass aptitude tests find themselves building planes. Starting her test is Jean Secor.

Down in Quebec women are playing a big role in a gun plant and here Isobel MacKenzie inspects six-pounder gun parts.

She serves - that men may fly

Handle With Care is the motto of the girls as they pack cordite is silk bags in a munitions plant. One-third of the workers are women.

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire

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