Lycoming College - Lycoming County Women's History

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  • Location Covered = United States, Pennsylvania, Lycoming County, Williamsport
  • Date = 1952

About This Collection

Williamsport Women: Voices, Images, Actions-Source material related to the history of women in Lycoming County from Lycoming College, the Lycoming County Historical Society, and the J.V. Brown Library. Documents selected highlight the history of local women in volunteer and reform organizations, education, the arts, the workplace, and private lives. The first part of the collection will cover the time period 1875-1925. "This material will have national, perhaps international, significance as it relates to women's history and studies during a time period when there is a scarcity of materials about women's contributions to local communities. All three cooperating facilities are very limited in staffing and available hours, so the materials will reach users who either cannot physically come to the collections or did not previously know of their existence. This collaborative project is funded through an LSTA grant.
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Vogue Lingerie Company employee Sara Eiswerth presses slips on pressure forms
Women textile workers -- Pennsylvania, Women -- Employment -- Pennsylvania, Women lingerie industry workers, Work
"Sara Eiswerth, an employee in the pressing department at the Vogue Lingerie Company, hangs slips on pressure forms that emit about 80 pounds of live steam. Of the 250 employees at Vogue, all but 12 were women. There were eight different sewing operations on the garments in the slip-sewing section...." Description from Lycoming County's Industrial Heritage by Robin Van Auken and Louis E. Hunsinger Jr.
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Vogue Lingerie Company inspection department employees
Women textile workers -- Pennsylvania, Women -- Employment -- Pennsylvania, Women lingerie industry workers, Work
"Employees trim threads from slips in the inspection department of the Vogue Lingerie Company in February 1952. Pictured here are Nellie Smith (left), Mrs. Shire (center), and Hazel Smith. As many as 180 women worked in the slip-sewing section at the Vogue Lingerie Company, at 2928 West Fourth Street in Williamsport. The identification tag of 'Style by Vogue' was found inside garments sold all over the country." Description from Lycoming County's Industrial Heritage by Robin Van Auken and Louis E. Hunsinger Jr.
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