Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1917 — FIRST WOMAN RAILROADERS IN AMERICA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIRST WOMAN RAILROADERS IN AMERICA

The railroads, like every other, industry, have to confront the possibility of the men bqing called away to fight, and they are preparing to replace the men with women. Already this work of filling the gaps left by the fighting men is holding the attention of all railroads. The photograph shows the first women to be employed by an American railroad in their, operating service. They are employees of the Baltimore & Ohio sys-

tem at Lorain, 0., where the company handles Its largest like coal and ore traffic. They are holding various positions in the shops. The four In the picture wearing overalls are connected with the locomotive and car repair shops. The others, reading from left to right, fill the positions of ollhouse superintendent, blacksmith’s,, helper, yard cleaner, clerk in the shop office and assorter of small supplies and scrap materiaL

TAKING PLACES OF MEN IN REPAIR SHOPS.