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"You're Going to Employ Women," 1943 War Dept. Booklet
In 1943, the War Department released a booklet to persuade its ranks of the importance of employing women in the military during the war. The booklet lists women's strengths and abilities that the department believed would bring the United States…
Aluminum Demonstration & Inspection, 1943
Women who worked in aluminum mills during WWII were often designated the job of inspecting and testing the thickness of sheets with a gage test; this photo depicts an Alcoa woman doing so.
Auxiliary Rose Stone, First Bulgarian Woman to Enter the United States Military
Rose Stone, a Toledo, Ohio, resident, was the first Bulgarian woman to join any military branch in the United States.
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…
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.
Lieutenant Marion Dubbs, Awarded Air Medal
Lieutenant Marion Dubbs, a U.S. Army Nurse, was presented with an Air Medal in Oahu for her work in a medical air evacuation squadron. She was awarded for her efforts in retrieving casualties from the battlefield and safely bringing them to area…
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.
National Women's Business Week Advertisement, 1943
In 1943, the Business and Professional's Women's Clubs chose "Living on the Home Front" as the theme for National Women's Business Week, claiming that "war and peace must be won on the home front before they can be won in the world at large."
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.
Plant Supervisors, Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., 1948
Because of their efforts after the war, women became a more integral part of the industrial field. By 1948, Willys-Overland had several women in the role of plant supervisor, ensuring the success of production.