THROWBACK THURSDAY: Women Railway Workers of 1917

The autumn of 1917 saw more and more patriotic demonstrations of support for the war in Clearfield County. But distinctions were being drawn. Like a flash from the future, the Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Rochester Railroad placed an ad in DuBois newspapers advertising the need for women railway workers to perform light work of sweeping and … Continue reading THROWBACK THURSDAY: Women Railway Workers of 1917