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

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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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

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

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.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Women War Criminals on trial with other Nazis at Lueneberg; Germany; sit in the prisoners dock; wearing identification numbers; and listen to the procedings. Identifiable are; (8) Herta Ehlert; a warden at Belsen; (9) Irma Grese; assistant to Josef Kramer; the Beast of Belsen; (10) IIse Lithe; warden of Belsen

Picture, 1945

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

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

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

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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]

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.

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.

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

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