LibGuides: October 1920: The Women Who Led the Way: Occupations

Occupations tell us more than how women spent their days in 1920. They give an indication as to what goods and services were most in demand, how the economy functioned. As we have shown on the Names and Occupations page, the majority of women wrote "Housewife" when applying to be made a voter. Even that could be misleading, as we know of several women who did far more than stay home. Below is an array of occupations illustrating women's role in the 1920 economy.

Margarite Conger Allen

Society Editor, Hartford Courant

Sara E. Apter

Stenographer, Federal Prohibition Office

Annie R. Atkinson

Salvation Army

Susan B. Atwood

Clerk, Colt Manufacturing

Geers Hartford City Directory, 1920

Grace Bartholomew

Teacher, Noah Webster School

Mary Bissell

Dietician

Mimi Warren Booth

Machinist, Arrow Electric Co.

Anna Booraen Bouton

Corsetiere

Ethel F. Donaghue

Special Assistant to the Attorney General

Katherine Lee Enders

Photographer

Lillian Ayers Edwards

Physician

Flora Spieske Jones

Musician, Hotel Bond

Edith Milliken Alvord

Teacher, Hartford High School

Hartford Public High School's yearbook, the Owl Annual, lists Edith C. Miliken, A.B. as an English teacher.

Sarah Picciolo Arico

Dressmaker, G. Fox & Co.

Florence Perkins Atwell

Milliner, Chas. Dillon & Co.

Advertisement in the Hartford Courant, September 18, 1920

Augusta N. Ayres

Artist

Anne L. Birmingham

Stenographer, US Attorney

Marguerite E. Blake

Machine Operator, Plimpton Manufacturing

Mary Noble Bosworth

Auditor, Aetna Life

Elizabeth Stuart Briggs

Printer, Cooley, Hart & Reid

Armenouhi Davoud Donchian

Housewife/President of The Samuel B. Donchian Rug Co.

Rachael Smith Andrews

Tobacco sorter, Litenstein & Co.

Lola Weeks Arnold

Waitress

Emma Albrecht Atwood

Press Operator, The Electric Co.

Geers Hartford City Directory, 1920

Elizabeth S. Ayres

Social Worker, Union for Home Work

Mary L. Bishop

Teacher, Northwest School

Mary Whitty Bombach

Clerk, Pratt & Whitney, Co.

Minnie Julia Bourdon

Tracer, Colt Manufacturing

Mary M. Campbell

Paper Censor, Hartford Courant

Annie G. Dooley

Postal Clerk, Hartford Post Office

Lillian C. Fallon

Statistician, State of Connecticut

Geers Hartford City Directory, 1920

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