The Woman's Part: A Record of Munitions Work

The book records how women were mobilized into munitions and engineering work during wartime, describing training, shop practices, and a wide range of tasks from machining shells, cartridge cases, and fuses to assembling aircraft components and optical instruments, as well as work in foundries and shipyards. It also examines workplace welfare and safety measures, including protective clothing, rest-rooms, first aid, policing, canteens and factory nurseries, and considers recreation, housing, billeting, and temporary accommodation. The tone combines practical description of processes with attention to social adjustments involved in integrating women into industrial production.