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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1947
Page
3
Washington reports the Women’s Bureau releases an eight page guide advising college women to prepare for both home duties and a career. It urges hedging bets, saving time and money for both paths, and notes many women work in fields like stenography teaching sales and nursing.
A vintage health ad touts SSS Tonic as a cure for non organic nutritional anemia boosting blood strength. It claims energizing effects from "Formura" ingredients and improved digestion, appetite, and overall vigor with regular use.
The article notes a large presence of women as musicians teachers social workers college staff librarians nurses teachers and related roles, while only a small minority of dentists clergymen physicians engineers pharmacists chemists architects lawyers draftsmen and veterinarians are women. It highlights gender gaps in various fields and hints at career prospects for women such as stenography, though advancement remains challenging.
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