Saf-t-Bra

Saf-t-Bra

During the Second World War, while our countries young men were fighting abroad, female factory workers took up the war effort back home in manufacturing. Exposed to heavy machinery and harsh conditions, certain parts of the female anatomy were left exposed to injury.

Recognizing the needs of the newly expanded workforce, officials sought to create special protections for females performing manual tasks. Wilson Goggles, a Pennsylvania company specializing in industrial safety equipment, created the SAF-T-BRA. The special women’s undergarment, made entirely of plastic, succeeded in the prevention of these certain occupational accidents.

References

• National Safety News. 48. p. 15.
• Aldrich, Mark (1997). "Safety First". Safety first: technology, labor, and business in the building of American work safety, 1870-1939. Baltimore [u.a.]: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. p. 136. ISBN 0801854059.
• " SAF-T-BRA". American Machinist. Penton Publications. 88 (1–4): 337. 1944. SAF-T-BRA — Willson Products, Inc., Reading, Pa. The device is made of plastic and provides protection for breasts of women workers.
• Callahan, Chris (1 May 2013). "The Women's Armored Bra of WWII". Guns.com. Retrieved 3 May 2013.

External links

• Safety Garb for Women Workers, ca. 1943

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