World War I Women’s Welfare Department Photographs of Wartime Housing, Supervision, and Industrial Labor Infrastructure, circa 1917–1919
WWI Women’s Welfare Department photographs of a rail-side institutional complex serving women attached to wartime industry, circa 1917 to 1919, documenting how World War I expanded women’s paid labor while also placing their housing, meals, recreation, and conduct under organized supervision. In the United States, wartime labor demand drew women.....
