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

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

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

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

Picture, 1944

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

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

Make small arms big for our fighting men is the slogan of 3;000 women and 1;000 men at work in the Small Arms plant at Long Branch. A product of their work is displayed by Mary Starchuck; New Toronto (LEFT); who handles a Sten gun like a veteran.

Picture, 1942

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

Taking a cue from other democratic countries; women in the Unied States are flocking into war industries. This attactive blonde is working on rubber coverings for plane fuel tanks.

Picture, 1941

Their ranks wil. For 40;000 Canadian women between 18 and 50; the Hyde Park agreement is going to mean something more concrete than a historic declaration of international co [Incomplete]

Picture, 1940

Heavier work than ever before is now being allotted women; besides many highly technical jobs. Jacqueline Bourdon and Elizabeth Saad work inside a bomber

Picture, 1942

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

Miss Bussell and Miss Cumberland try aiming the gun. These big weapons use vast amounts of shells, firing them 40,000 feet into the air; each automatically timed to burst by an intricate fuse. More shells of all types are being used now than ever before. And 3,400 women workers are needed to fill the gaps at Scarboro and the D.I.L. plant at Ajax to keep the shells coming.

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A Japanese woman waves at a distant window

Picture, 1942

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

Somewhere in Quebec they're turning out these Chicago pianos Canadian warships and from the Canadian army that has waited ne More and more; Quebec women are on the job in this gun plant. instantly detect when their machine begin [Incomplete]

Picture, 1942

Revolutionary! exclaimed a supervisor; at women working on parts of fuselage; as Valida igle and Jean Neil are; rivetting main piping [Incomplete]

Picture, 1942

As never before; women are running the entire scale of jobs in Canadian war industry. Grinding; welding; assembling; drilling punching; pressing; packing; shaping on machines big and small are jobs for women today. This girl is an expert on a grinding wheel. She is working on an airplane part.

Picture, 1941

Big 3.7-Inch anti-aircraft guns, built at Peterboro, are dependent on fuses from the General Engineering Co. plant at Scarboro. Here a 3.7 ack-ack gun is shown on display at the Geco plant, being inspected by five workers, Frances Russell, Audrey McNabb, Sydney Cumberland, Norma Clark and Betty Carroll. One of these guns can throw hundreds of heavy shells every hour.

Picture, 1944

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

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

Picture, Date Unknown

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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.

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

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

Make small arms big for our fighting men is the slogan of 3;000 women and 1;000 men at work in the Small Arms plant at Long Branch. A product of their work is displayed by Mary Starchuck; New Toronto (LEFT); who handles a Sten gun like a veteran.

Taking a cue from other democratic countries; women in the Unied States are flocking into war industries. This attactive blonde is working on rubber coverings for plane fuel tanks.

Their ranks wil. For 40;000 Canadian women between 18 and 50; the Hyde Park agreement is going to mean something more concrete than a historic declaration of international co [Incomplete]

Heavier work than ever before is now being allotted women; besides many highly technical jobs. Jacqueline Bourdon and Elizabeth Saad work inside a bomber

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.

A Japanese woman waves at a distant window

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.

Somewhere in Quebec they're turning out these Chicago pianos Canadian warships and from the Canadian army that has waited ne More and more; Quebec women are on the job in this gun plant. instantly detect when their machine begin [Incomplete]

Revolutionary! exclaimed a supervisor; at women working on parts of fuselage; as Valida igle and Jean Neil are; rivetting main piping [Incomplete]

As never before; women are running the entire scale of jobs in Canadian war industry. Grinding; welding; assembling; drilling punching; pressing; packing; shaping on machines big and small are jobs for women today. This girl is an expert on a grinding wheel. She is working on an airplane part.

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.

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

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