Girls operate stock boards at Waldorf-Astoria.
11/12/1918
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Original caption states: "Girls operate stock boards at Waldorf-Astoria. The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is employing girls to operate tickers and stock exchange boards. The Waldorf is the first to employ girls in its various departments, in order to release men for war work."
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs.
National Archives Identifier: 533759
Full Citation: 165-WW-595C-1; Girls operate stock boards at Waldorf-Astoria. The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is employing girls to operate tickers and stock exchange boards. The Waldorf is the first to employ girls in its various depart; 11/12/1918; Women's Activities - Industry - Public Service and Trades - Machine Workers; American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917–1918; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/girls-operate-stock-boards-at-waldorf-astoria, May 22, 2025]Activities that use this document
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