Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow with six children under twelve, works as a crane operator in a war plant. For work she wears slacks, which can be buttoned around, and safety shoes, which have inner metal plates in toes for protection from falling weights

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow with six children who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth (note the PL on her uniform), makers of castings used for ships, tanks, etc.

Safe clothes for women war workers. A closeup of Eunice's new uniform reveals one of its most important safety factors: the tight-buttoning trouser ankles which prelude the possibility of a loose trouser's catching in moving machinery. Note also the sturdily built, comfortable safety shoes, with box

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, twenty-six year old widow operating a crane at the Pratt and Letchworth plant

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Frances O'Neil, a "hooker," has been with Republic Steel since December, 1942. Hookers place slings and chains around material to be hoisted by the crane

Buffalo, New York. Gladys Chase, thirty-five, was a beautician for thirteen years before becoming a scarfer. Scarfing is the removing of breaks, seams, cracks, lap wells and defects from steel billets by the use of a burning torch and takes six months to learn this process which is called scarfing

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Metal stretching on a burring machine. These airplane parts have just come through a drop press and this machine takes out the bumps. Worker wears safety shoes, which have a metal plate inside the toe for protection

Mrs. May Watson, thirty-eight, mother of three children, employed as a freight trucker 8d30404v

Mrs. Hazel Stokum, thirty-seven, mother of six girls, employed at the Pennsylvania Railroad 8d30162v