Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1915 — FAIL TO GET JOBS AS “MEN” [ARTICLE]

FAIL TO GET JOBS AS “MEN”

Women In Male Attire Seek Aid of Police After Vain Search for Work. Lafayette, Ind. —Dressed In men’s clothing, Mrs. Mary Smiley, who said she was forced to support her three children, and her sister. Miss Josephine Williams, both of Danville, 111., applied for aid at police headquarters, saying they were hungry. They had been seeking work, according to Mrs. Smiley, and believed it would be easier to find employment dressed as men. The police decided to send the women back to Danville. The decision was not opposed. According to their story they left Danville on a Wabash freight train, going to Logapsport. They were aided in that city by the charity authorities, who sent them here, giving them aprons to wear over their clothing.