E-text prepared by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 38437-h.htm or 38437-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/38437/pg38437-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38437/38437-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http://www.archive.org/details/womanspartarecor00yate [Illustration: THE MANUFACTURE OF 4.5-INCH CARTRIDGE CASES: OPERATING THE DRAWING PRESS] THE WOMAN'S PART A Record of Munitions Work by L. K. YATES New York George H. Doran Company CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE ADVENT OF WOMEN IN ENGINEERING TRADES 7 SHARING A COMMON TASK 9 DILUTION 11 HEROISM IN THE WORKSHOP 12 II. TRAINING THE MUNITION WORKER 14 THE QUINTESSENCE OF THE WORK 15 THE INSTRUCTIONAL FACTORY 17 FIRST STEPS IN INDUSTRIAL LIFE 18 III. AT WORK--I. 20 SHELLS AND SHELL CASES 21 IN THE FUSE-SHOP 23 CARTRIDGES AND BULLETS 25 IV. AT WORK--II. 28 THE MAKING OF AIRCRAFT 28 OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS 30 IN THE SHIPYARDS 33 V. COMFORT AND SAFETY 37 WELFARE SUPERVISION 37 PROTECTIVE CLOTHING 41 REST-ROOMS AND FIRST AID 42 WOMEN POLICE 43 VI. OUTSIDE WELFARE 45 RECREATION 45 MOTHERHOOD 47 THE FACTORY NURSERY 48 VII. GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRIAL CANTEEN 52 GENERAL PRINCIPLES 54 THE WORKER'S OASIS 55 VIII. HOUSING 57 BILLETING 58 TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION 59 PERMANENT ACCOMMODATION 61 ILLUSTRATIONS THE MANUFACTURE OF 4.5-INCH CARTRIDGE CASES: OPERATING THE DRAWING PRESS _Frontispiece_ PAGE