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Women at Work: Selected Photographs from the Library of Virginia
Collections Despite the hardships of the Civil War,
an increased demand for clerical work and a shortage of men drew
women into public employment for the first time. After the Virginia
General Assembly enacted a law authorizing the state treasurer to
hire women to sign, number, and cut Virginia currency, many women
seized the chance for regular employment. Their letters demonstrated
their handwriting and numbering skills, but their letters of
recommendation more often focused on the women’s moral character
rather than their ability to do the work.
Letter of Application from M. C. Pannell. 31 January
1863. Manuscript. Applications of ladies for clerkships on Virginia
treasury notes, 1861–1864. Auditor of Public Accounts.
Administration of State Government: Public Debt–Treasury Notes. The
Library of Virginia
Letter
from Hugh W. Sheffey to Mr. Bennett. 16 February 1863. Manuscript.
Applications of ladies for clerkships on Virginia treasury notes,
1861–1864. Auditor of Public Accounts. Administration of State
Government: Public Debt–Treasury Notes. The Library of Virginia
Letter of Application for
Cecilia M. Barry. 1 January 1863. Manuscript. Applications of ladies
for clerkships on Virginia treasury notes, 1861–1864. Auditor of
Public Accounts. Administration of State Government: Public
Debt–Treasury Notes. The Library of Virginia
Letter from Maria A. Wright to Jonathan McCally
Bennett. N.d. . Manuscript. Applications of ladies for clerkships on
Virginia treasury notes, 1861–1864. Auditor of Public Accounts.
Administration of State Government: Public Debt–Treasury Notes. The
Library of Virginia
Letter of
Application from E. W. White. 7 March 1863. Manuscript. Applications
of ladies for clerkships on Virginia treasury notes, 1861–1864.
Auditor of Public Accounts. Administration of State Government:
Public Debt–Treasury Notes. The Library of Virginia
Letter of Application from E. White. 1863. Manuscript.
Applications of ladies for clerkships on Virginia treasury notes,
861–1864.
Auditor of Public Accounts. Administration of State Government:
Public Debt—Treasury Notes.
The Library of Virginia
Life History of
Julia C. Mack T. Eads, interviewer. c. 1938. Typescript. WPA Life
Histories, Federal Government Collection.
Life History of Daisy
Collins. John W. Garrett, interviewer. 1940. Manuscript. WPA Life
Histories, Federal Government Collection.
Life History of
Susie Rosa Catherine Byrd. 1938. Typescript. The Work Projects
Administration. Records, c. 1933-1942. The Library of Virginia
“WPA Makes Possible Bird and Wild Flower Sanctuary at Petersburg.”
Donald C. Holden, project supervisor. Published in The W.P.A. Record
in Virginia. March 1937. Magazine. The Library of Virginia
With Paintbrush and Shovels: Preserving Virginia’s Wildflowers.
Nancy Kober. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000.
Bound volume. The Library of Virginia
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