An evocative collection of professional press photographs documenting a key transitional period in American women's history.

Collection of 38 black and white still photographs of women at work in American factories during WWII; measuring approximately 15 x 20.5 cm to 20.5 x 26 cm, almost all with rubberstamps and mounted mimeographic journalism captions to versos.

The United States government during WWII issued extensive propaganda encouraging women to take over industry jobs previously held by men who had entered military service. This assembled collection of photographs, all issued in the general context of this government campaign, depict the new women employees of Goodyear, Boeing, Firestone, Westinghouse and other industrial giants, all engaged in work that had formerly been the strict provenance of men: machinists, fire and rescue workers, bomb and ammunition manufacturers, chemists, radio engineers, and riveters, and many others.