Professor Benjamin Willis instructing three cadettes in the Electrical Engineering Power Laboratory, 1943
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Three cadettes are listening to instructions from their Professor Benjamin Willis in the Electrical Engineering Power Laboratory. One cadette is focused on a piece of equipment while another is taking notes. The third cadette looks on from the right. Two rows of electric motors are in the foreground.
During World War II, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation sponsored an engineering program for women students at several American universities, including Iowa State University. The Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadettes were trained in drafting, stress analysis, materials lab, aerodynamics, and production liaison. Once the program was completed, the cadettes received an engineering certificate. The cadettes were not fully trained engineers, but were given adequate training so that they could assist engineers with their jobs. The company hoped their engineers would be able to accomplish more in less time with the aid of trained assistants. The courses began on February 15, 1943 with 100 cadets enrolled. When the course was completed 90 women out of the original 100 graduated, with 84 of the graduates being employed at the Curtiss-Wright Corporation plant in St. Louis.
Iowa State University
RS 13/16/F.Curtiss-Wright.1110-001-013
Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html
1943
2013-01-28
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13-16-F.Curtiss-Wright.1110-001-013
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A cadette working in a drafting class, 1943
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A professor is watching a cadette use a right triangle to draft a picture of a piece of equipment.
During World War II, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation sponsored an engineering program for women students at several American universities, including Iowa State University. The Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadettes were trained in drafting, stress analysis, materials lab, aerodynamics, and production liaison. Once the program was completed, the cadettes received an engineering certificate. The cadettes were not fully trained engineers, but were given adequate training so that they could assist engineers with their jobs. The company hoped their engineers would be able to accomplish more in less time with the aid of trained assistants. The courses began on February 15, 1943 with 100 cadets enrolled. When the course was completed 90 women out of the original 100 graduated, with 84 of the graduates being employed at the Curtiss-Wright Corporation plant in St. Louis.
Iowa State University
RS 13/16/F.Curtiss-Wright.1110-001-012
Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html
1943
2013-01-25
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Professor Glenn Murphy illustrates aspects of airplane flight analysis to a class of Curtiss Wright Cadettes, 1943
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Professor Glenn Murphy is illustrating some aspects of airplane flight analysis to a class of Curtiss-Wright cadettes.
During World War II, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation sponsored an engineering program for women students at several American universities, including Iowa State University. The Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadettes were trained in drafting, stress analysis, materials lab, aerodynamics, and production liaison. Once the program was completed, the cadettes received an engineering certificate. The cadettes were not fully trained engineers, but were given adequate training so that they could assist engineers with their jobs. The company hoped their engineers would be able to accomplish more in less time with the aid of trained assistants. The courses began on February 15, 1943 with 100 cadets enrolled. When the course was completed 90 women out of the original 100 graduated, with 84 of the graduates being employed at the Curtiss-Wright Corporation plant in St. Louis.
Iowa State University
RS 13/16/F.Curtiss-Wright.1110-001-011
Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html
1943
2013-01-25
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Two cadettes examining a cone-shaped part on the side of a plane, 1943
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A cadettes is touching the top of a small cone-shaped part on the side of a small airplane in the Aeronautics Laboratory. This plane, sans wings, was used for instructional purposes. Another cadette is by her side also looking at the part.
During World War II, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation sponsored an engineering program for women students at several American universities, including Iowa State University. The Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadettes were trained in drafting, stress analysis, materials lab, aerodynamics, and production liaison. Once the program was completed, the cadettes received an engineering certificate. The cadettes were not fully trained engineers, but were given adequate training so that they could assist engineers with their jobs. The company hoped their engineers would be able to accomplish more in less time with the aid of trained assistants. The courses began on February 15, 1943 with 100 cadets enrolled. When the course was completed 90 women out of the original 100 graduated, with 84 of the graduates being employed at the Curtiss-Wright Corporation plant in St. Louis.
Iowa State University
RS 13/16/F.Curtiss-Wright.1110-001-010
Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html
1943
2013-01-25
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Professor Les Kelso instructing two cadettes about an airplane engine, 1943
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Professor Les Kelso is instructing two cadettes about an airplane engine.
During World War II, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation sponsored an engineering program for women students at several American universities, including Iowa State University. The Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadettes were trained in drafting, stress analysis, materials lab, aerodynamics, and production liaison. Once the program was completed, the cadettes received an engineering certificate. The cadettes were not fully trained engineers, but were given adequate training so that they could assist engineers with their jobs. The company hoped their engineers would be able to accomplish more in less time with the aid of trained assistants. The courses began on February 15, 1943 with 100 cadets enrolled. When the course was completed 90 women out of the original 100 graduated, with 84 of the graduates being employed at the Curtiss-Wright Corporation plant in St. Louis.
Iowa State University
RS 13/16/F.Curtiss-Wright.1110-001-009
Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html
1943
2013-01-25
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Professor Les Kelso describing the propulsion system of a small airplane to three cadettes, 1943
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Professor Les Kelso is pointing out the propulsion system of a small general aviation airplane. These airplanes, sans wings, were in the Aeronautics Laboratory for purposes of visualization and illustration. The plane may be a Luscomb or a Taylorcraft.
During World War II, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation sponsored an engineering program for women students at several American universities, including Iowa State University. The Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadettes were trained in drafting, stress analysis, materials lab, aerodynamics, and production liaison. Once the program was completed, the cadettes received an engineering certificate. The cadettes were not fully trained engineers, but were given adequate training so that they could assist engineers with their jobs. The company hoped their engineers would be able to accomplish more in less time with the aid of trained assistants. The courses began on February 15, 1943 with 100 cadets enrolled. When the course was completed 90 women out of the original 100 graduated, with 84 of the graduates being employed at the Curtiss-Wright Corporation plant in St. Louis.
Iowa State University
RS 13/16/F.Curtiss-Wright.1110-001-008
Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html
1943
2013-01-25
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Betty Belle Gardner is holding a model transport plane to be placed in the wind tunnel in the Aeronautical Engineering Laboratory, 1943
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Betty Belle Gardner (Parsons, Kansas) is getting an advance taste of work in the wind tunnel in the Aeronautical Laboratory. She is about to replace a wing section in the mouth of the tunnel with a model transport plane.
During World War II, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation sponsored an engineering program for women students at several American universities, including Iowa State University. The Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadettes were trained in drafting, stress analysis, materials lab, aerodynamics, and production liaison. Once the program was completed, the cadettes received an engineering certificate. The cadettes were not fully trained engineers, but were given adequate training so that they could assist engineers with their jobs. The company hoped their engineers would be able to accomplish more in less time with the aid of trained assistants. The courses began on February 15, 1943 with 100 cadets enrolled. When the course was completed 90 women out of the original 100 graduated, with 84 of the graduates being employed at the Curtiss-Wright Corporation plant in St. Louis.
Iowa State University
RS 13/16/F.Curtiss-Wright.1110-001-007
Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html
1943
2013-01-25
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13-16-F.Curtiss-Wright.1110-001-007
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Two cadettes welding metal parts together, 1943
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Two cadettes are welding metal parts together. They are wearing slacks and eye goggles and their hair is wrapped in a turban.
During World War II, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation sponsored an engineering program for women students at several American universities, including Iowa State University. The Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadettes were trained in drafting, stress analysis, materials lab, aerodynamics, and production liaison. Once the program was completed, the cadettes received an engineering certificate. The cadettes were not fully trained engineers, but were given adequate training so that they could assist engineers with their jobs. The company hoped their engineers would be able to accomplish more in less time with the aid of trained assistants. The courses began on February 15, 1943 with 100 cadets enrolled. When the course was completed 90 women out of the original 100 graduated, with 84 of the graduates being employed at the Curtiss-Wright Corporation plant in St. Louis.
Iowa State University
RS 13/16/F.Curtiss-Wright.1110-001-005
Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html
1943
2013-01-25
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13-16-F.Curtiss-Wright.1110-001-005
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Two cadettes welding parts of the tail of a wrecked plane, 1943
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These cadettes with their hair wrapped in a turban and wearing eye protection, are working on the tail of a wrecked plane in the Welding Laboratory of the Mechanical Engineering Building. One of the projects for the five-week laboratory course was making a rudder pedal by welding the necessary parts.
During World War II, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation sponsored an engineering program for women students at several American universities, including Iowa State University. The Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadettes were trained in drafting, stress analysis, materials lab, aerodynamics, and production liaison. Once the program was completed, the cadettes received an engineering certificate. The cadettes were not fully trained engineers, but were given adequate training so that they could assist engineers with their jobs. The company hoped their engineers would be able to accomplish more in less time with the aid of trained assistants. The courses began on February 15, 1943 with 100 cadets enrolled. When the course was completed 90 women out of the original 100 graduated, with 84 of the graduates being employed at the Curtiss-Wright Corporation plant in St. Louis.
Iowa State University
RS 13/16/F.Curtiss-Wright.1110-001-006
Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html
1943
2013-01-25
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Two cadettes practice using a pneumatic riveter , 1943
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Marie Stevens ( El Paso, Tex) is on the left holding the riveter while Nema Lou Gause (Caney, Kansas) on the right, is holding the bucking bar.
During World War II, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation sponsored an engineering program for women students at several American universities, including Iowa State University. The Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadettes were trained in drafting, stress analysis, materials lab, aerodynamics, and production liaison. Once the program was completed, the cadettes received an engineering certificate. The cadettes were not fully trained engineers, but were given adequate training so that they could assist engineers with their jobs. The company hoped their engineers would be able to accomplish more in less time with the aid of trained assistants. The courses began on February 15, 1943 with 100 cadets enrolled. When the course was completed 90 women out of the original 100 graduated, with 84 of the graduates being employed at the Curtiss-Wright Corporation plant in St. Louis.
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1943
2013-01-25
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