This former salesgirl, librarian, and sixth-grade school teacher has been repairing and servicing cars which used to be only open jobs for men.

Women in essential services. Formerly a salesgirl, librarian, and sixth-grade school teacher, Grace Northrup, of San Francisco, has been repairing and serving cars for the past six months. She's becoming an expert in this field once open only to men Creator(s): Rosener, Ann, photographer Related Nam

Ruby Lois Robbins, thirty-one, employed as a car washer in a garage, earning fifty-five cents per hour. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She formerly worked in a cigar store in Tuskegee, Alabama

Women in essential services. Ethel Peterson, twenty-seven, an expert lift-truck operator at the Paraffine Company in Emeryville, California. Her job demands manual skill and excellent driving judgement, for sharp curves must be rounded and the cargo must be handled with precision and speed at all ti

Clamping a supercharger housing into place underneath a radial drill calls for a "no-nonsense"-type of garment! This woman worker is correctly attired in a navy blue two-piece work uniform, and has her hair well under control

Women in war. Filling station attendant. Tires need checking too? Shifting trends of employment in wartime America have opened up new jobs for such women as this young East Liverpool, Ohio, girl who has pioneered in two new fields since graduation from high school. She learned butchering first, and

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Harriet Haberman left an office job to take her place on the assembly line of a giant Midwest supercharger plant. Reflecting wartime emphasis on feminine employment, this plant points with pride to the fact that 80 percent of its workers are women. Miss Habe

This bench job requires goggles and gloves for protection. The visor front cap is necessary for protection from glare. The worker is using a small hand burr

California shipyard workers. Attired in a welder's outfit this worker is one of California's many women shipyard workers employed at the Richmond Shipbuilding Company Creator(s): Rosener, Ann, photographer Related Names: United States. Office of War Information. Date Created/Published: 1943 Feb. Med