Images Of Women At Work During War Time.

The following photographs were all produced by the office of war information in the early 1940's. The pictures were to be used in the production of posters by the Office Of War Information, primarily to encourage women to join the war effort by enrolling in training programmes to take on industrial jobs. In their unaltered form they show how the photographers strived to show interesting yet candid images of working women.

Girl In A Glass House Image Credit: Alfred T Palmer, The Library Of Congress Office Of War Information Collection.

This "girl in a glass house" is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber

The more women at work the sooner we win!

A Finished poster, note how the poster emphasises that young married women are the targeted group. The following photographs are all part of the same collection, but have no associated posters. It may be that they were not used, or that the images were used for other purposes, or that the posters were not saved.

Image Credit: Alfred T Palmer, The Library Of Congress Office Of War Information Collection.

working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee.

Image Credit: Alfred T Palmer, The Library Of Congress Office Of War Information Collection.

Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc.,

Image Credit: Alfred T Palmer, The Library Of Congress Office Of War Information Collection.

Drilling horizontal stabilizers: operating a hand drill, this woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown working on the horizontal stabilizer for a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee.

Image Credit: Alfred T Palmer, The Library Of Congress Office Of War Information Collection.

Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women workers at North American Aviation, Inc.'s Inglewood plant.

Image Credit: David Bransby, The Library Of Congress Office Of War Information Collection.

Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies.

Image Credit: Alfred T Palmer, The Library Of Congress Office Of War Information Collection.

Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California. 1942

Image Credit: Howard Hollam , The Library Of Congress Office Of War Information Collection.

Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas.