Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
l26b,OO1 AMERICAN
WOMEN IN WAR WORK
a. Rehind French and Eng
lish in Replacing Hen
at Front
END FARMERS OPPOSED
,o Council Has 100000
Registered to FIJI Vacancies
Draft Makes

Nu~NlnE on sNl'.' ''
r,r,rce and Eupnnd Marie aud
,-,.re,to and Mary and Annie rc-
...,,yclv are at the forge, I'M the fur
..,r and every other activity heretofore
-,bir tho province of nan, five millions
,..org For every rolu and Tommy
-. has taken up gIu a woman mas
.,snped forward rrom tn" ranks OF
.o,bsrs. sisters and svccthcarls to take
=, r,acc--and not ia fancy alone Tor
=, is expected to do and is doing 'n'
..or. q; her man at he front.
How much Of this has been done in
the United States
The answer comes from the Women $
c..or,ittoc Of The Council of National De-
fense ,.
.rrh,ro arr l.26G.0Ul women in tins
..,ntry today engaged iu INDUSTRIAL WORK
nscossary To- carry on the war hul we
have just begun ,,,.,..,., ,,r
The figures only show AN increase "t
A, nor cont over normal times. hut
demonstrate that tho Amer l'ah woman i,I... .'
S,st as willing as her French aud Eng
lIsh sister '' '''N' ''
sents itself. t.... Go. t,,,
The time has h"' N'l S1, ,,, ri,,os
n organize Tor worn pr''." ,t,,,r
sJch as the Naa,a anu ,''n,,d t,,t
ior the army ana navy III ''''- ,,., .,,,.r
on the farm n IH' l.,lU' ,I,.r,. "' tn,,,.
a, earning fh. amount iu her weekly en-
rslone every whit as wUch as did Tom
I,nes rru m 'hc National Army
Eeri,tcr 1000 900 workers
.-L ,.,..,... ....,.,,,, ,,r fbie country
of'M5 ,, ..... 40, ,hc l,,rd.u or in
Me Ie"D r.,. ,,r .ro rror,rIy
ouSI", ,I,'.. a., ,,,,ci th, ise,,G
saekut'", ,',,. ~, .,crn,t., i,c ,ynorn,g
2ue ,S"
conln.Ile'. ...., .,,.,r, r,. r,,,.-
ther sapped ..utcrs of industrial
energies u rs F." H'E' ",r'''r'' ,c,
women a''.I' '~'z''' vu. Nv
paruoenl u, g.. I.''7 .n'I- ', S.,,,
que t,'''""a"' TOO '."".' ", j.. ''"I,, 'i,
p'tg uS t, w.. T,,,
neels l'l ',y ''"..' '""'' .,..t,'. as t,,
orail Vu,Sg'. W.
men lo' ,u, .... 49,,
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- eAl ',g, '' "'"'" d. 'e' '''''''
protoVpe'
Inc ,.po, vs. IL" 'e peer, aI'',oS, uIINglSa
Nv" & I"S all ,'|' ~ w" 90. 90.
NV. NV ',i1 ,ho 80, g. '',"r g', -
sn ~ S,,,,,tod s ~ w "S .U,,''', ',i',.
u9 Ilnf,,J e. ~ ''', ",.''o,,.lI't po,',S
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s ia' - ,,,a,i ''o"'" .,,C'l' 'p9"i i,"E
Ol y" a. % "l vuuC".;o,
.,t 90 az r,f, W. '"'"'o ''- i''''"' MS
V1' VI ''''' '''''''
Farmer Proves Obstinate
The work will not be among employ
ers alone, for there has been a tendency
on the part of some women who fail to
realize NE opportuuitv for industrial ad-
vancement that confronts them to
tbe non sim ,....,.,Iia
In 'ne EasJ tha farmer has proved
an OBSTINATE Conservative, according to
repo reach,HE he woman'S committee,
and forts Zoo Ice women i'm agriCul-
tur lines have SO far met with little
succtss' The farmer through local
Soues and I'm representations made TO
congress, has presented an alarming pic
lure OF the agricultural labor situation,
snu cannot see mat women Iapor Would
nelp out except for housework or berry
peAhg
IN the West where the need was
%ousn' home before the war, thousands