Women blue collar workers

Group photographs of YWCA clubs for women employed in industry. Most photograph have simple identifying information on the reverse such as place or club name.

Photographs from regional YWCA of the USA conferences for women employed in industry or business including group photographs. Many conferences were held at camp grounds or similar recreation facitlities and photographs include images of women participating in outdoor recreation.

Non-traditional jobs for women training projects provided skills training, counseling, and placement services for women entering into trades. Photographs include images of women engaged in learning and work including trades such as mechanics, machine operating, electronics and wiring, carpentry, building trades, plumbing, and telephone line work.

Photographs of women working in the construction and building trades during World War I.

Photographs of women railroad workers on the Erie Railroad during World War I.

Photographs of women employed in war work in France during World War I.

Photographs highlighting women's employment during World War I including employment in jobs previously unavailable to women. Photographs included women in factory jobs, postal work, service, typewriter repair, and shoe repair. Also included is a photograph of an integrated laundry. The caption credits teh YWCA and was used in a Smithsonian exhibit.

Photographs of women employed in war work in Great Britain during World War I.

Photographs of women working in mills and factories during World War I.

Photographs of women working and training as projectionists and motion picture operators. One photographs credits the woman as the "first girl motion picture operator."

Photographs of women working in the munitions and steel industries in Detroit, Michigan during World War I.

Photographs of women war workers at Internatioanl Fuse and Arms Company in Bloomfield, and Newark shipyards.

Photographs of women war workers in transportation in New York including images of women mechanics, drivers, and railroad workers.

Photographs of women working in canning and packaging during World War I.

Photographs of women working at the Philadelphia Naval yard in Pennsylvania.