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Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, Women Manufacturing Safety Glass for Military Aircraft, 1943
In Toledo during WWII, women working for glass manufacturing plant Libbey-Owens-Ford manned machines that produced laminated safety glass for military aircraft.
Disaster Relief Preparedness Plan of 1941, Toledo Chapter of the Red Cross
In 1941, before the United States had entered World War II, a Disaster Relief Preparedness for the Red Cross Association was enacted and enforced by the Toledo Chapter; multiple, women-run groups also pledged to join the efforts when and if they were…
Gray Lady Corps Rules, Members, and Withdrawal at Toledo Mercy Hospital
When the United States entered into World War II, the Toledo Chapter of the Red Cross Association brought the Gray Lady Corps into Mercy Hospital. Led by Margaret Waite, the Gray Lady Corps provided non-medical services to patients as volunteers…
Waite, Margaret
Photos of Margaret Waite, the lead Gray Lady at Mercy Hospital, served the Red Cross Association until the United States entered peacetime.
Jeep Production Assembly Line, Willys-Overland Motor Company
Serving as a war production plant, Willys-Overland Motor Company of Toledo, Ohio, produced thousands of Jeeps for the war effort; this photo captures what they looked like coming off the assembly line.
Three Ladies in a Jeep, Willys-Overland
Three women sit in a Willys-Overland Jeep as it balances on four bottles; a WWII product demonstration.
Lois M. Thompson, Air Service Widow
Lois M. Thompson, widow to Lieutenant Jay R. Thompson, who died in a plane crash, entered the Army Ferry Command Service to follow in her husband's footsteps.
Shirley Chapman, Toledo Woman with USO Troupe Overseas
Shirley Chapman is the only known Toledo woman who entertained with her own USO troupe overseas. She and her husband and manager, Arthur Angel, traveled with the Army to North Africa, Sicily, and Italy to entertain troops.
Norma Jean Allen, First Toledo Woman to Enter Marines
Norma Jean Allen left Willys-Overland Motor Co. to become Toledo's first woman to enter the Women's Reserve of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Katherine Seares, Overseas Red Cross Worker
Katherine Seares, a recreation worker for the Red Cross Association, recounts the morale of the wounded after spending two years in three combat zones of the European Theater.