Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-09
,WOMEN,S BUREAU
COOPERATING WITH
GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Minneapolis IL h first city d
which the employment agencies for
women hive united with the United
luth Herald. The Woman's ccupa-
tiona1 bureau, now authorized to call
itself ''Woman's Occupational Blu
requ, cooperating with the United
States Employment Service" still
maintains Its separate organization
which. relieved q its placement &C
lively to establishing, a vocational In
formation service. Miss Merle t4tg-
LEY, formerly vocational assistant In
the public schools. has been appoints
cd director OF the service.
In November, 1917, tho bureau
was opened 9 the purpose Of serv-
ing as 2 clearing house OF informa:
women; for the placing Of trained
women; to assist schools and colleges
in the education Of girls: and to d.
rect unframed women to places where
they might obtain training. Excep-
tional favorable local conditions
Under the plan Of amliation en-
tered into by these agencies, the
United States employment service
takes over the entire field Of place.
ment of women, making Mrs. Mar
garet Hutton Abels, the manager Of
the occupational5 bureau. the chief ex-
aminer for the woman'ss division.
ard Of service for placement Of
TRAINED and professional women will
be- maintained under larger oppor-
tunities for service. At the san1e
time, the .wonan's department Of the
state free employment bureau has be-
come the department Of skilled and
unskilled women. The work Of the
1 homo 0nryrfcA 'hYYpAav NJ Hthn tMinnnQn.
oils Woman's club has been discon-
tinued and the employees Of both these
offices have been taken v e
A close connection has BEEN estab-
lished with the United States en-
ployment service, whereby ONCE
space and clerical assistance is-given
the woman's o~ccupattonal bureau by
the United States employment serv-
Ice. The vocational information serv-
ice Of the. occupational bureau. and
the woman's division of the United
States employment service occupy"ad-
joining offices, and files and records
Of each bureau are open to the other.
The vocational information service
VIII make Investigations of ~opportun-
tiles of interest to the woman's d.
vision and will publish from time to
time bulletins Of Information regard
ing opportunities for trained and pro-
fessional women 1t will also main
tain a clearing house Of information
regarding opportunities for women
in paid and volunteer work, training
required in different fields of em-
ployment and places where such
training may be obtained. 1t will CO.
operate with all agencies having to
do with women in industry and has
established especially close relation
with those agencies having to do with
women and war work, the president
of the woman's occupational bureau
serving also as chairman OF the COM
mittee on employment Of women 81
the Minneapolis woman's committee
Of the Council of National Defense
and Commission of Public Safety. -
This afhliation is unique in the
field of employment. 1t is the first
incorporation of a bureau for placing
trained and professional women as a
department in the United States en-
ployment service. Also, this is the
first local United. States office which
has attached to it a vocational in
formation, service for the purpose Of
investigatings And publishing oppof-
tunities for women.