The Massey Murder (38 page)

News of the dreadful Canadian casualties in France dampened morale back home.

As fear of enemy saboteurs mounted, sentries were posted around Toronto’s key buildings.

Women flocked into new jobs in munitions factories, as well as into traditional occupations like nursing. Munitions workers wore coveralls, like male mechanics.

Bobsledding in High Park: Women with factory jobs could enjoy themselves all weekend, unlike domestic servants, who had only one or two afternoons off a week.

Swimming in the Humber River, in all-too-revealing costumes, was another favourite occupation for Toronto’s “good-time girls.”

The carnage of the Great War, as it was known, meant that many young girls like these would never achieve the old-fashioned dream of home, husband, and family.

Department stores employed increasing numbers of female sales assistants.

Court drawings from the
Toronto Star
, Saturday, February 27, 1915.

Bert Massey worked in a booming industry: Toronto’s annual automobile show was a glamorous occasion.

Evening Telegram
, Saturday, February 27, 1915: The surprise end of Carrie Davies’s ordeal.

Credits

Cover Art: City of Toronto Archives

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The Massey Murder
Copyright © 2013 by Charlotte Gray.

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