Women in war. Summer canning workers. A skilled and vastly important job in this Rochelle, Illinois, asparagus canning factory is performed by this woman grading expert. The grade of vegetables, their water content, and the relative excellence of the product determines the price which the canner wil

Women in war. Summer canning workers. Food to make America strong. Women near Rochelle, Illinois, many of them schoolteachers and pupils, work in asparagus canning factories during the summer months

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swelling the ranks of the armed forces, women must step into many new occupations in both urban and rural life. These women harvest hands in Rochelle, Illinois, are helping the national welfare by picking the summer asparagus crop

Women in war. Summer canning workers. Why tin cans should be saved. To assure adequate civilian supply of canned produce in the future, householders are urged to save their used cans and turn them in to their local collection agencies, which will send them to detinning mills. Reclaimed metals from t

These women harvest hands in Rochelle, Illinois, are helping the national welfare by picking the summer asparagus crop.

Women in war. Machine gun production. With swift, deft movements, this young worker, one of 2,000 women employed in a Midwest war plant, assembles barrel carriers of machine guns. It's a job requiring constant attention, speed and judgement; a job for which women have proven themselves better fitted

Women in war. Machine gun production. Intent on the important job at hand, Elsie M. Terry uses a precision snap gauge on the machine gun part she has milled. One of 2,000 women employed by a Midwest plant, converted from spark plugs to machine gun manufacture, Mrs. Terry typified the American woman

Production. 105 millimeter shells. One of the many women workers in a Midwest shell plant which formerly made plumbing fixtures, inspects future gifts for the Axis. Her job requires infinite precision and patience, for the inside of every shell must be carefully inspected for flaws which might accid

Women in industry. Tool production.