"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

Sixty per cent. of the workers at the factory where signal cartridges and flares are made are women; forty per cent. are men. Here are two of the women assembling parachute flares; some of which weigh up to thirty pounds.

Picture, 1941

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

Picture, 1942

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

"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

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

They also serve

Ephemera, 1939

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

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

Picture, Date Unknown

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

A Japanese woman waves at a distant window

Picture, 1942

A woman is never too busy to think of her appearance; however. They are ready for rough and tough work; but like this one; they are glad to have gloves to keep the hands neat. She is an expert in welding. A poster in the factory shows Hitler holding an aching head; as well he might; at the thought of the acceleration in manufacture of war materials on this continent; out of reach fo his bombs.

Picture, 1941

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

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

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.

Picture, Date Unknown

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

She serves - that men may fly

Ephemera, 1939

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

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

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Ephemera, 1942

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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.

Sixty per cent. of the workers at the factory where signal cartridges and flares are made are women; forty per cent. are men. Here are two of the women assembling parachute flares; some of which weigh up to thirty pounds.

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

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.

"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.

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

They also serve

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.

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

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]

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.

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

She serves - that men may fly

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