Women Up to their Ankles in Glass Residue, 1918

JF Ptak Science Books  Quick Post

This is a news photo service photograph from the very beginning of post-WWI. It was released the day after the war ended (or at least the day after the armistice was signed) and reiterated the situation that there were many women workers in industries throughout England¹, and that they would be there for some time to come--or at least until the soldiers returned. 

Notes:

1. For example, something on the order of 80% of munitions workers 1917/18 were women.