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WOMEN AND GIRLS OVER EIGHTEEN here is your chance to help your country win
the war by going into industry. All plants doing Government work need women
operators to replace the men who are constantly going to the front. Shortage
of labor means serious suspension of government contracts and subsequently delay
in our war preparations. For the benefit of married women, who would like to
work in the factories, but who cannot devote a whole working day to that occupation,
we will operate two shifts daily of five hours each. This will enable them to
work five hours per day and also keep up their home duties. Good wages will
be paid and steady employment assured.
GREENFIELD TAP AND DIE CORPORATION
Employment Office, Sanderson Street |
(c) Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA. All rights reserved.
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Change happened rapidly when the United States finally entered World War I in April, 1917. By June, 1918, the nationwide shortage of male workers - many of whom had entered the army - was hurting industry. As a result, companies began for the first time to seek out and accommodate women workers, putting them into jobs that women had never before been allowed to do. This advertisement from the Greenfield Tap and Die Corporation in Greenfield, Massachusetts, hints at the lengths the company would go to obtain workers.
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"Women and Girls Over 18" employment ad in Greenfield's Gazette and Courier newspaper
publisher Greenfield Gazette and Courier |
date Jun 22, 1918 |
location Greenfield, Massachusetts |
width 4.5" |
height 5.0" |
process/materials printed paper, ink |
item type Periodicals/Article |
accession # #L02.033 |
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