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Title	Recreation and housing for women war workers: [electronic resource]a handbook on standards / Mary V. Robinson.
Alternative Title	Recreation and housing, women war workers.
Item Number	l0063
Creator	Robinson, Mary V.(Mary Viola)
Creator (Corporate)	United States. Women's Bureau
Government Publisher	U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau; U.S. Government Printing Office
Original Date	1942
Physical Description	v, 40 p. ; 24 cm.
Series	Bulletin of The Women's Bureau ; no. 190.
Notes	United States Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, Washington, March 4, 1942. Madam: I have the honor to transmit for publication a handbook on standards, policies, and procedures for the setting up and maintaining of adequate living facilities for women workers on war production. The purpose of the handbook is to serve as a guide to organizations concerned with the carrying out of this essential program, particularly as applied to women's housing and recreation. The material has been assembled and the report has been written by Mary V. Robinson, chief of the Division of Public Information. These persons, prominently identified with the same or related activities, have given helpful cooperation in the preparation of the material and I extend to them my thanks: Miss Genevieve Lowry and Miss Helen Crawley, Young Women's Christian Association -- United Service Organization; Miss Anne Hooley and Miss Helen Potter, National Catholic Community Service -- United Service Organization; Miss Margaret Creech, National Travelers Aid Association -- United Service Organizations; Miss Mary E. Switzer, Office of the Administrator, and Mr. Mack McCloskey and Miss Helen Rowe, Recreation Section, of the Office of Defense Health and Welfare -- Federal Security Agency; Mr. G. Ott Romney, recreation Section, Works Projects Administration -- Federal Works Agency; Miss Irene Dickson, Strong Residence -- Washington Young Women's Christian Association; Mrs. Helen Duey Hoffman -- Washington Housing Association. Respectfully submitted. Mary Anderson, Director. Hon. Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor.--v.; At head of title: United States Department of Labor, Frances perkins, Secretary; Women's Bureau, Mary Anderson, Director--T.p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-37).
Table of Contents	Letter of transmittal -- Women war workers and their needs -- Standards and policies for a recreation program -- Standards and policies for a housing program -- Other welfare problems and suggested solutions -- Procedures to effect satisfactory programs -- Appendix A. Selected list of references -- Appendix B. Code of ethics for volunteers -- Appendix C. Y. W. C. A. room-registry schedule.
Summary	Efforts are being made by many forces and agencies to help to solve the difficult questions pertaining to the workers' life and living outside their hours of labor. In all such plans and programs special attention must be given to the needs of women wage earners. The Women's Bureau, charged with the responsibility of promoting the welfare of women as gainful workers at each turn of the economic cycle, today not only is advocating the maintenance of good standards in their places of employment, but is vitally concerned with the building up and safeguarding of satisfactory living standards for women in communities with defense impacts. For example, the Bureau stresses particularly the importance of adequate housing and wholesome recreation for women and girls, many of whom are at work away from home and family for the first time. There is always the grave possibility that in a crisis like the present the supreme effort to turn out war equipment with phenomenal speed may divert attention from these matters. However, in a time of stress and strain comfortable living arrangements and the right kinds of recreation become doubly urgent. They are essential safety valves for fatigued bodies and frayed nerves. They help to maintain health and morale. And of equal or greater importance in the grave emergency, adequate facilities to guarantee to wage-earning women a well-rounded, healthful, normal existence are essential to production. It has been proved beyond question that unsatisfactory working and living conditions are direct causes of a decrease in output and an increase in labor turn-over, neither of which can be tolerated under the war program, and that inferior food militates against the health of workers that is one of the greatest assets in the war effort. Satisfactory conditions will maintain women's morale as citizens and as the mothers and homemakers of the Nation, and thus help to build up our inner defenses. Women workers have certain needs and interests somewhat different from those of men that should be taken into account in the planning and carrying out of the emergency community program. Thus conditions acceptable to men are not necessarily adequate for women. Also, many women are found in the low-income brackets and have at all times striking needs for low-cost facilities for living and leisure-time pursuits. But now when large numbers of girls and young women have been drawn from their normal home environment into new localities, into suddenly expanded or greatly congested areas, the need is doubly challenging. Thus it is imperative that many women, whether temporary or permanent residents in industrially inflated communities, be given opportunity for the best possible social and economic adjustments during this emergency period.--p.2.
Topical Terms	World War, 1939-1945--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Women--Employment--United States. World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States. Women employees--Housing--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Women employees--Recreation--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Sex role in the work environment--United States. Child care--United States. Women employees--Health and hygiene--United States. Women employees--Mental health--United States. Women employees--Education--United States. Women employees--Transportation--United States. Wages--Women--United States. Low-income housing--United States. Community life--United States.
Gov Doc Classification	L 13.3:190
Type	Text
Digital Format	.pdf
Digital Publication Date	Available in digital format: 2001-2002
Digitization Process	Scanned as 300 dpi .jpg; converted to Adobe .pdf
SMU File Name	l0063.pdf
Digital Collection	Historic Government Publications from World War II
Library	Government Information Resources
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	These files may be freely used. A high-quality version of these files may be obtained for a fee by contacting ncds@smu.edu.

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