about my aunts working there after they had passed. I ordered her civilian personnel file from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, a branch of the National Archives, and the papers in the file tell a bit of her story.
She applied on 8 June, just days after graduation. Her sister, Lorene, and her cousin, Margaret, were already working there. She started out as a junior messenger in the Planning Division of the Industrial Department, making $600 per year. Less than a month later, she resigned from the position in order to accept a new position. On 30 June, she accepted the position of junior typist in the same department, paying $1260 per annum.
On 16 December 1942, she was promoted to CAF-2 Junior Clerk-Typist, paying $1440 per annum. A report of efficiency rating in March 1944, covering the previous year, rated Virginia as outstanding in most of the areas. Six items were underlined, probably highlighting those skills: Presentability of work, attention to pertinent detail, industry, amount of acceptable work produced, cooperativeness, and dependability. Her overall rating was excellent.
She received another promotion to clerk-typist CAF-3, making $1620 per annum on 1 Aug 1944. This was in the Industrial Department Planning Division (Estimating & Planning, Material Procurement, Control Materials Unit). She worked through the war and resigned on 13 September 1946; her reason was to attend college. Now I have something else to investigate. Where did she attend college?
#Women’sHistoryMonth. March is Women’s History Month. This is post one of the women in my ancestry. Some will be direct ancestors, and others sisters, aunts, and cousins.
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