CONTENTS

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[I.]The Advent of Women in Engineering Trades[7]
SHARING A COMMON TASK[9]
DILUTION[11]
HEROISM IN THE WORKSHOP[12]
[II.]Training the Munition Worker[14]
THE QUINTESSENCE OF THE WORK[15]
THE INSTRUCTIONAL FACTORY[17]
FIRST STEPS IN INDUSTRIAL LIFE[18]
[III.]At Work—I.[20]
SHELLS AND SHELL CASES[21]
IN THE FUSE-SHOP[23]
CARTRIDGES AND BULLETS[25]
[IV.]At Work—II.[28]
THE MAKING OF AIRCRAFT[28]
OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS[30]
IN THE SHIPYARDS[33]
[V.]Comfort and Safety[37]
WELFARE SUPERVISION[37]
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING[41]
REST-ROOMS AND FIRST AID[42]
WOMEN POLICE[43]
[VI.]Outside Welfare[45]
RECREATION[45]
MOTHERHOOD[47]
THE FACTORY NURSERY[48]
[VII.]Growth of the Industrial Canteen[52]
GENERAL PRINCIPLES[54]
THE WORKER’S OASIS[55]
[VIII.]Housing[57]
BILLETING[58]
TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION[59]
PERMANENT ACCOMMODATION[61]

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Manufacture of 4.5-inch Cartridge Cases: Operating the Drawing Press[Frontispiece]
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Turning the Copper Band of a 9.2-inch High-explosive Shell[16]
Drilling Safety-pin Hole in Fuse[16]
Inspecting and Gauging Fuses[17]
Turning the Outside and Forming the Nose-end of a 9.2-inch High-explosive Shell[17]
Assembling Fuses[20]
Cooling Shell Forgings[20]
Operating a Lumsden Plain Grinder: Re-forming 8-inch High-explosive Cutters[21]
Engraving Metal Parts for Compasses[28]
Colouring Aeroplane Planes[28]
Chipping and Grinding Blades of Cast Iron Propeller with Portable Tools[29]
Woman Acting as Mate to Joiner Making Sea-plane Floats[29]
Cutting Frayed-edge Tape[36]
Brazing Turbine Rotor Segment[36]
Mounting Cards for Dry Compasses[37]
Treadle Polishing-machines, for Smoothing Lenses[37]
Slitting and Roughing Optical Glass[44]
View of Canteen Kitchen[44]
Weighing Ferro Chrome for Analysis[45]
Balsaming Lenses[52]
Making Instrument Scales[53]
Painting a Ship’s Side in Dry Dock[60]
General View of Women at Work on Aircraft Fabric[61]
The Canteen[61]