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She serves - that men may fly
Ephemera, 1939
Specialists typists cooks stenographers clerks etc urgently needed
Ephemera, 1939
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
Ephemera, 1939
They also serve
Ephemera, 1939
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
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
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
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
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
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
Canadian Women help make war equipment. A young lady curls metal sheets for parachute flare containers.
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
A Japanese woman waves at a distant window
Picture, 1942
Gauging fuse
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
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
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
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
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
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
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