Primary Sources:
"Miss Victory of Wisconsin is an Ampco Girl - Milwaukee Sentinel." Google News. N.P., 24 Jan. 1943. Web. 13 Feb. 2011. Available at: <http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y1NQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Nw4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2391,817228&dq=mildred+mcallister&hl=en>. Mildred McAllister, a turret lathe operator at Ampco Metal Inc. in Milwaukee Wisconsin, was nominated for "Miss Victory of Wisconsin", in the search for the ideal women war worker.
"Official Praise for Miss Victory Hunt - Milwaukee Sentinel." Google News. N.P., 19 Oct. 1942. Web. 13 Feb. 2011. <http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-U1QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Mw0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6892,4629307&dq=miss+victory+of+wisconsin&hl=en>. Twelve “Miss Victory" candidates competed for the National title after being selected from one of 12 areas in the country, including Wisconsin.
Women safe at work at Allis-Chalmers. Milwaukee, Wis.: Allis-Chalmers, 1942. Print (Pamphlet). Allis-Chalmers had over 15 divisions for women workers, including blueprinting, core-making, hospital, and sanitation.
Our women work for victory. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Allis-Chalmers, 1942. Print (Pamphlet). Allis-Chalmers (a war-time factory) had over 1,250 women at their eight 'Victory' plants.
Vivian Engel, personal interview, 11-20-10.
Secondary Sources:
Colman, Penny. Rosie the riveter: women working on the home front in World War II. New York: Crown Publishers, 1995. Print. Between the years 1940 and 1944, the number of employed women went up over 6 million, from 12,000,000 in 1940, to over 18.2 million in 1944, near the end of WWII.
Gregory, Chester W. Women in defense work during World War II; an analysis of the labor problem and women's rights. [1st Ed. New York: Exposition Press, 1974. Print. In a survey, taken in Mobile, Alabama, 22,500 of 27,000 women wanted to keep the jobs that they had had during WWII.
Keil, Sally Van Wagenen. Those wonderful women in their flying machines: the unknown heroines of World War II. New York: Rawson, Wade Publishers, 1979. Print. During World War II, approximately 1,074 American women were pilots and flew for the United States Army Air Forces. These women pilots were member of the Women's Air-force Service Pilots (WASP).
Pifer, Richard L. A city at war: Milwaukee labor during World War II. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2003. Print. Embodied within newspapers around the country was the campaign for "Miss Victory", the ideal women war worker in WWII.
Weatherford, Doris. American women and World War II. New York: Facts on File, 1990. Print. In Eau Claire, Wisconsin, when the company 'Ordnance Works" shut down, 3,475 of its 5,525 employees were women. Then, of the 2,000 workers who actually found new jobs, 1,750 of them were men (85% of the men laid off) and only 250 were women, representing only 7% of the women laid off.
Zeinert, Karen. Those incredible women of World War II. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1994. Print. Two years after the end of World War II, the number of employed women dropped from ~18 million, to 15.4 million, less than in 1944, but more than 1940. Then, in 1993, over 57 million women were employed.
Kathie, Consumer Services, Kimberly-Clark Corp., email correspondence 1-31-11.
"Miss Victory of Wisconsin is an Ampco Girl - Milwaukee Sentinel." Google News. N.P., 24 Jan. 1943. Web. 13 Feb. 2011. Available at: <http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y1NQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Nw4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2391,817228&dq=mildred+mcallister&hl=en>. Mildred McAllister, a turret lathe operator at Ampco Metal Inc. in Milwaukee Wisconsin, was nominated for "Miss Victory of Wisconsin", in the search for the ideal women war worker.
"Official Praise for Miss Victory Hunt - Milwaukee Sentinel." Google News. N.P., 19 Oct. 1942. Web. 13 Feb. 2011. <http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-U1QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Mw0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6892,4629307&dq=miss+victory+of+wisconsin&hl=en>. Twelve “Miss Victory" candidates competed for the National title after being selected from one of 12 areas in the country, including Wisconsin.
Women safe at work at Allis-Chalmers. Milwaukee, Wis.: Allis-Chalmers, 1942. Print (Pamphlet). Allis-Chalmers had over 15 divisions for women workers, including blueprinting, core-making, hospital, and sanitation.
Our women work for victory. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Allis-Chalmers, 1942. Print (Pamphlet). Allis-Chalmers (a war-time factory) had over 1,250 women at their eight 'Victory' plants.
Vivian Engel, personal interview, 11-20-10.
Secondary Sources:
Colman, Penny. Rosie the riveter: women working on the home front in World War II. New York: Crown Publishers, 1995. Print. Between the years 1940 and 1944, the number of employed women went up over 6 million, from 12,000,000 in 1940, to over 18.2 million in 1944, near the end of WWII.
Gregory, Chester W. Women in defense work during World War II; an analysis of the labor problem and women's rights. [1st Ed. New York: Exposition Press, 1974. Print. In a survey, taken in Mobile, Alabama, 22,500 of 27,000 women wanted to keep the jobs that they had had during WWII.
Keil, Sally Van Wagenen. Those wonderful women in their flying machines: the unknown heroines of World War II. New York: Rawson, Wade Publishers, 1979. Print. During World War II, approximately 1,074 American women were pilots and flew for the United States Army Air Forces. These women pilots were member of the Women's Air-force Service Pilots (WASP).
Pifer, Richard L. A city at war: Milwaukee labor during World War II. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2003. Print. Embodied within newspapers around the country was the campaign for "Miss Victory", the ideal women war worker in WWII.
Weatherford, Doris. American women and World War II. New York: Facts on File, 1990. Print. In Eau Claire, Wisconsin, when the company 'Ordnance Works" shut down, 3,475 of its 5,525 employees were women. Then, of the 2,000 workers who actually found new jobs, 1,750 of them were men (85% of the men laid off) and only 250 were women, representing only 7% of the women laid off.
Zeinert, Karen. Those incredible women of World War II. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1994. Print. Two years after the end of World War II, the number of employed women dropped from ~18 million, to 15.4 million, less than in 1944, but more than 1940. Then, in 1993, over 57 million women were employed.
Kathie, Consumer Services, Kimberly-Clark Corp., email correspondence 1-31-11.
