Correspondence Relating to the Employment of Sarah Ann Deegan
This document is a letter written in support of Sarah Ann Deegen鈥檚 employment at the Schuylkill Arsenal, Philadelphia, PA, dated December 26, 1863.
Our records show that women worked in wartime industry long before we had Rosie the Riveter. One such series of records is entitled 鈥淩ecommendations for Employment鈥� (1861鈥�1867) of individuals who sought employment at Philadelphia鈥檚 Schuylkill Arsenal during the Civil War. At the start of the Civil War, the arsenal quickly hired up to 10,000 tailors and seamstresses to make uniforms, blankets, tents, and bedding for Union troops. The records in this series document efforts by many of those individuals seeking employment. The majority of the applicants are women who had a relative in the Union Army. While many letters merely recommend the women for employment, others give a glimpse into the daily lives of single women and widows as they struggled to make ends meet in a labor market devoted mostly to the employment of men. This letter supporting Mrs. Deegan鈥檚 employment is typical of the letters found in the series of letters.
Correspondence Relating to the Employment of Sarah Ann Deegan, dated December 26, 1863. 威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: 131516671
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