Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-09-28
Momen In Industry

Vocational training for women and
gl Il In machine shops were light parts
are made. IN wood product factorie,
whrre assembling and finishing are i'm
pcrtant processes In optical and instru
inas.t factories. and IN sheet meta
shops, In order that the women NAV
reach the more skilled aud reinuncra
tive Jobs now occupied by men az thes,
trades, IN advocated by MARY Anderson
director of the womsn's Bureau Of III,
, L. y. Deparimen Of Labor, IN report
made public today. entitled Industrial
opportunities aud Training Tor wome'.
ana Girls."
Al present the report states although
women are employed IN these trades II
Ohio. Michigan. New York. Pennsyl
Varla. Illinois. Connecticut. Mlssachus
tis, Ehode Island. and Wisconsin. fea
Of the vocational training facilities q
thTe states lot such occupations are
ncs being used by women. either y"
r1ue women are not admitted TO thes
puhllc vocational schools. o. are not
encouraged to attend. Organized cam
nahus 10 arouse communities and en-
plos ers. AZ we'll as the girls aud women.
90 the need N such training are urged
by the wOnsn's bureau.
The INCREASE IN the numbers uf wag
earning women. the demonstrated Gao
abilities 1T women during the war. the
decrease Ia u.ale Immigrant labor. au,'
the growing demands II our eApIndin.
Industries call. not only TOT the adnis
s!up ~ women into courses "a niachin'
rhol.. sheet metal. factory woodworking
aud optirnl work. hut TOT the Siinc 20.
Icy among vocational educators Of en
cjJraEing boys 10 take such instru
tlon."
The rrport Ii publishcJ a. tho result
~ "a survey uf industrial iraininl
k'ho5ls, public and s"ini'public. -
Mtj h wmen were enrolled throughout
thu country. the bureau Of Education
aud the state boards OF education fui
nlsling lists and data. II states u
part:
as result of the war. women hav'
g:llued u new position In industry. nn
TO be- rrlinguished even though manu-
lecturers, who were forced To spen'
tim, and money training women. hav'
cealsed such training The fact tina
women can render as good service IL
machine shops as In clothing factories
with no danger to their health. make
d now public responsibility To oti"
gitis training IN these new occupation
az well as In the I'D
hence their NEST promising future "a
wl,c Farmers lie. In the order Of In
poftanec. In:
a. Machine shops where light par,
are made
b. Wood product factories where ~
scnbling and finishing are imp"rtan
processes.
G. Optical ana instrumental factories
a SHEET metal shops.
The mental Industries are the bach
bone uf peace as We'll as of war PRO,
ucts. Industry should not be- robbed ,
valuable aud necessary Skill nor Shout
the twelve million women employed
Iainiul occupations IN the Unite
States be robbed ol their right Co ever
Opportunity for service,
These occupations. however. ~
those for which women need training
Circumstances form barrier TO sue
training: the shortage of unsktlled lab
n. Objection 90 skilled male worke
Z O. the entrance of women into the
trade, the thoughilcss 81 youf
giii workers for their future. thr tii
iuity oi older women about Nartif
new work. the approval ~ employers
the patient plugging women worke
~ the same task. All this tends In Z
Strict women to less skilled. less 7
nlunrrsttivc jobs. 10 Civ" them N" trad
90 development. Accordingly, wsi
tz.d campaienis To arouse communiii
md employers ~ well ~ girls and
men ,o the need OF trade training. u
necessary.
Most public vocational school
thorities think Of drcSsmaking ana NJ
nnerv a. the only necessary trades
women. no, realizing that these
rircaAv ovefrrowd-d with women wot
trs. that they are not the most rrinu
t,7.iNe occupations. and not. except
clothing o-nt,uS a.. biz employers
woman labor. Yet these are the 'onT'
IN tn industrial srho"ls throughout
country, In which women ~" M
universally enrolled I, Is not nee
saIy to establish ugu" S'huolS In u
chine shop, sh-e' metal, furniture.
on,icul work. ,-rnecinllv for women, :
only to admit them tn ard To- "ncn'
ave their attendance upon classes
theSa industries already IN "Nisi"r
for men Such equipment ~ ihrr"
maintained ~ Il u, 10y the women
well ~ the men ~ th" cmumuri
should serve women ~ well as m"'
--wmnan's Bureau I. D"parim'
al lntur