Employment of Women in the Machine-Tool Industry

Title: Employment of Women in the Machine-Tool Industry

Author: Newman, Dorothy K., and Martha J. Ziegler

Publication: Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, 1943.

Description: Pamphlet discussing the status of women workers in the machine-tool industry during World War Two, opportunities for further employment, and working conditions. Photo illustrations. Stapled in self-wrappers. 9.25 x 6 inches; VI, 42 pages. Moderate toning and a few small chips at the corners of the wrappers. Very Good.

The authors conducted a survey of machine-tool plants in the United States to identify the number of women working in each plant and their occupations. They note that "some of the companies that at time of survey were resisting the hiring of women in the shop have already taken on hundreds." Series title: Bulletin of the Women's Bureau, No. 192-4.