CF&I Women of WWIIMain MenuThe Spirit of 1942The Spark Plug ClubThe Nail RoomGoils Make CoilsFemale InspectorsFirst female inspectors, 1946Minnequa School of NursingSally ThompsonWanted for Victory!Giving Money to Uncle Sam"Oh for the Life of a Marine"CartoonsVictory Canning and GardeningThe Steel YBlood DriveTruck DriversVictoria Miller39460033159c0605b61f802e1d65a3994bef40b3Steelworks Center of the West
12016-04-12T11:02:46-07:00Giving Money to Uncle Sam7plain2016-04-19T13:35:15-07:00 CF&I employees purchased bonds throughout the War to finance the effort. In February of 1942, just a couple of months after the United States entered the war, Charlotte Riley, a secretary in CF&I’s Denver office, was photographed holding an honor banner noting 100% employee participation, or 9,859 persons buying bonds. Similar banners hung in lunchrooms, offices and work areas around the Minnequa Steelworks in Pueblo and the company’s mines. In 1942, the average price of a bond purchased was $9.42 per worker, quite a sum considering CF&I laborers earned an average of $1.47 per hour. Women especially were urged to purchase war bonds using any extra money from monthly household and food budgets. Women were also encouraged to volunteer to sell bonds at community gathering places such as movie theaters, soda fountains, and retail shops.
