Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1890 — Female Iron Artist. [ARTICLE]

Female Iron Artist.

Nellie Patterson, of Mount Carmel, Is the only woman maebinest in Connecticut She is a handsome girl, brigbt-eyed, quick io action and very popular. She is employed by the Mount Carmel Belt Company and is a full-fledged machinist having served her full time at the trade and m stored it in all its details. Miss Patterson can block np a piece of work on a planer or turn up aa jvrbor or any other product of a lathe as well ns any man in the employ of the company. She earns a man’s wages and is in love with her work. At first she bad to meet with jeaiousy from her fellowworkers, but her pleasant ways have made her a general favorite.