
Women in Men's Jobs: 1942
This is a recent painting. It is acrylics on procion-dyed canvas. 30"H x 28"W. I was inspired by an old photograph from the Green Bay Press Gazette entitled Women in Men's Jobs: 1942. I thought about the overlooked contributions of women on the home front during WWII. As men left factory jobs for war, women stepped up and excelled at male-dominated trades. After the war, many women’s jobs were given back to men. Women who wished to remain in the workforce were transferred b