ughborough's report is as follows:

The field of electricity has been so long and so peculiarly a
man's field that it is not surprising to find that in the 5
groups and 24 classes which the Department of Electricity at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition comprised, only 2 exhibits were
made by women, both of whom were Americans.

One of these exhibits was made by Mrs. Alexander Baumgard, of
New York City, and showed an automatic advertising figure
actuated by an electric motor. The figure was that of a woman
standing before a rack on which were a number of signs. The
figure stooped, picked up one of the signs, raised it, turned a
quarter way around in order to display it to the best advantage,
and replaced the sign. The next movement took up the next sign,
and so on. The mechanism was actuated by an electric motor,
which, by means of a series of cams and gears, caused it to go
through the various movements. The value of the device was
considered very small, as there are other more effective means
of advertising of this kind, and no award was given Mrs.
Baumgard.

The other exhibit by a woman was made by Mrs. Blodgett, and
consisted of ornamental shades for electric lights, painted by
hand. These shades were quite artistic in themselves, and were
well installed, so the exhibit was awarded a bronze medal.

In neither of these exhibits was there any invention or process
which was original.

In the electrical industry there is practically no machine or
apparatus made without the assistance of women or girls, as they
are employed in every electrical factory for insulating and
winding coils, etc. In the manufacture of these the percentage
of women's work is from 3 to 10 per cent. But aside from this
purely mechanical work women have contributed little or nothing
to the advancement of the application of electricity, either
before the Chicago Exposition or during the past eleven years.

Department G, Transportation Exhibits, Mr. W.A. Smith, Chief; Miss Rose
Weld, Newport News, Va., Department Juror.

Miss Weld is a graduate of the Boston School of Technology and now in
the employ of the Newport News Shipbuilding Company.

This department comprised 6 groups and 33 classes, the group
headings being: Carriages and wheelwrights' work; Automobiles
and cycles; Saddlery and harness; Rail