Women's Work in War Time (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...P. Hydro-extractor tenders. P. For the lighter work. Packing for Delivery. P. Men assist with heavy weights. Packing for Dyers. P. Women can be profitably employed in the chemical storehouse and shipping departments. HOSIERY AND KNITTING IN the knitting departments the practice as to the class of workers on the same type of machine varies in different parts of the country. In Scotland, women are customarily employed in charge of almost every kind of knitting machine and they work exactly under the same conditions as men, even on the largest Cottons' Patents' knitting machines. In England, few women have been employed in the past on these or other large machines. There are a few cases where the Scotch practice has been followed, but in the great majority of mills, women have been restricted to the lighter knitting machines. Substitution of women has taken place during the present emergency, in many cases, on various types of circular and flat machines formerly worked by enlisted men, and, in some instances, women are being employed as assistants to men on the larger machines. In one large factory, where each Cottons' Patents' machine was formerly operated by one man, each skilled man can now attend two machines with the help of a woman assistant. Other machines on which substitution has been noted are Dubrect's, Harrison's and other flat machines, Jersey and other heads, X. L., Pearl and Scott-Williams' machines. In the making-up departments women are now being employed in place of men as overseers. In the shipping departments women are being largely introduced into men's processes of folding and other work at the counters, and in packing. In the finishing department women are being employed in trimming, boarding, and pressing work. Women have...