. What America did; a record of achievement in the prosecution of the war . factory work for the war. The flowof women into war industrial work increased stead-ily throughout the year and a half of our participa-tion and would have been very greatly augmented ifthe war had continued long enough to call the menof the second draft from their situations. By the end of September, 1918, women were work-ing in munition plants of many kinds, making shells,grenade belts, fuses, gas masks, metal parts of rifles,revolvers and machine guns, and many other sortsof the direct supplies of war. Accurate stat
. What America did; a record of achievement in the prosecution of the war . factory work for the war. The flowof women into war industrial work increased stead-ily throughout the year and a half of our participa-tion and would have been very greatly augmented ifthe war had continued long enough to call the menof the second draft from their situations. By the end of September, 1918, women were work-ing in munition plants of many kinds, making shells,grenade belts, fuses, gas masks, metal parts of rifles,revolvers and machine guns, and many other sortsof the direct supplies of war. Accurate statistics oftheir numbers made in the early summer of 1918showed that about 1,500,000 women were engagedin the industrial work directly or indirectly connect-ed with the Governments war program, while sub-sequent estimates added about 500,000 to that num-ber to cover those entering such work down to thesigning of the armistice. The former report, covering the conditions at theend of our first year of war, showed 100,000 womenworking in private munition plants and Government. Womans Land Army Members Sorting and Grading Potatoes
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