Quite an evolution, eh?
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“Women Are Teachable” Booklet From 1940s
In this 1940s guide for how male bosses should treat female employees, men were amusingly told that “women are teachable”. The booklet shows just how much the work place has changed since World War II era.
"There's no crying in war material production!"
Don’t you just love this mid C20th social history. A reminder that we have come a long way along the path. Hopefully we keep moving.
Seems like good employer advice for ANYONE not just women. Actually seems more like an advertisement as to WHY to hire women... women are careful, patient, cooperative... aren't those all good things? I'm guessing these qualities are in contrast to the men they were hiring? Well, I'm sure this booklet was ahead of its time, when taken in the mindset of those days.
My grandmother was a welder during World War I because all the men were off to war. The companies hired by the military to make the weapons likely learned about having women in the workforce at that time, and that got passed along to companies over the next decades and into WWII. I wouldn't criticize the efforts made by companies to accommodate a work force they didn't know how to handle.
So refreshing to come across another thinking person from time to time.