Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1917 — WOMEN WORK IN STEEL MILL [ARTICLE]

WOMEN WORK IN STEEL MILL

Officials Say They Are Doing the Work as Efficiently as Men. Sharon, Pa.—The Farrell plant of the American Sheet and Tinplate Company announces It is the first mill in the United States to employ women as roughers in the cold roll department. With the plant working at normal capacity, the women will be able to earn $4.50 a day. Officials say they are doing the work as efficiently as men.