This sound recording captures a speech by Mary Anderson, Director of the Labor Women's Bureau, on American and British women's contribution to the war effort. She discussed women's pre - war difficulties getting into industry, their usefulness once employed, and the types of jobs women took. Anderson also urged equal wages for women in war plants.
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This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.
National Archives Identifier:
1772533Full Citation: Speech on Equal Pay and Women's Contribution to the War Effort; 2/22/1942; Sound Recordings Relating to Conservation, ca. 1939 - 1946; Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Record Group 48; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/equal-pay-women-war-effort, May 3, 2024]