#WorkClothes

Article: WRVM Collection, Auburn Globe-Republican, September 13, 1918
Photo: WRVM Collection, PO-00027, Gift of Rodger & Barbara Campbell

Women in Overalls op-ed, 1918 

During World War I, women took jobs previously held by men. At the Auburn Yard, women railroad workers wore the same overalls the men did, including on their commutes to and from work. Women workers were considered patriotic during the war - but that didn’t stop them being criticized or catcalled.