With the grade and dexterity of a master dressmaker, this attractive young woman fabricates "pup" tents for the expanding war army at the Langdon Tent & Awning Company.

Rigging and inspecting of 8-man pyramidal tents which are being manufactured to rigid Army Quartermaster Corps specifications at the Schaeffer Tent & Awning Company

Women in defense. Women employees checking in for the second shift at the Schaeffer Tent and Awning Company, Denver, Colorado. These women are employed in the manufacture of eight-man pyramidial tents to house the expanding defense army in the field Related Names: United States. Office for Emergency

Women workers at quartermaster depot 1942 May 8b03053

Simplified sewing methods now being taught to thousandes of American women through stores, pattern companies, and radio show how to assemble a pattern as Cynthia is doing. As they did in the last war, thousands of women are asking for sewing instructions. Streamlined methods make sewing quick and ea

Mrs. Alene Green, of Deland, Fla., with two sons in the Army and one in the Navy, still felt she wasn't doing enough. So she enrolled in the Deland vocational school to learn how to put fabric on airplane wings.

Woman worker applying the finishing touches to a flotation bag used to support airplanes forced down at sea.

Her mind's on her work - and on her country. That small flag tells the story of this young woman's absorption in her job. Employed by a midwest drill and tool plant, she's grinding points on drills which will be used in the production of America's ships and planes and guns.

Young defense woman. This young woman, trained in a National Youth Administration (NYA) work center, is contributing to defense as the result of skill acquired on the government project. Scene from Women in Defense, Office of War Information (OWI) motion picture which Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt wrote th