The Shipyard Agent Augusta Clawson and the Women Welders of World War II

The Shipyard Agentreveals the untold story of Augusta Clawson, the undercover investigator who helped shape the future for World War II's women welders.
From the Pacific Northwest to the Gulf Coast and up the Eastern seaboard, during World War II women welders worked at a fever pitch in the nation's shipyards to assemble the behemoths that would safely carry their men to war. Some dubbed these women "Wendy the Welder" or referred to them as "welderettes," as though the work they did was an imitation or substitution for that done by the male welders. But there was nothing dainty or feminine about the exacting, difficult, and exhausting work that female welders performed.
In 1943, Special Agent Augusta Clawson of the U.S. Office of Education was assigned to work with industries and employment agencies preparing and training women for jobs in war-production factories. Her special agent position became clandestine when she was sent to the shipyard on Swan...

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