A photo essay in honor of International Women's Day 2017

An interesting compilation of photos of women at work 100 years ago. Many of the original captions reveal the biases of the times: a woman driving a tractor is referred to as a "farmerette" ... one of the best machinists in Maine, and the only female, is "5 feet, 4 inches in height, 39 bust, 39 hips, 20 waist and can lift 400 pounds” (that's probably the only relevant fact) … and notice the shoes on the woman building an airplane in #12.

(I couldn't get the link to work so you'll need to copy and paste it into your browser.)

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/03/women-at-work-in-1917/518964/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-photo-030817