women at work

Just a short post after seeing an exhibit on work at  AVA Gallery in Lebanon, NH. I came upon this photo from 1918, from the National Archives of two women carrying a block of ice.

I love their outfits of course, and yes, it's war time propaganda, a call to women to do "man's" work while the men are away in the front lines. I would love to post more photos from that era, not only to see what women were wearing, but to see how women did enter the workforce in droves, proving already a century ago, that women could succeed in any job.