More on Women in the Mint

Following up on Jerome Nashorn's insightful comments in the March 20 issue, the Journal of the Franklin Institute for 1855 reported:

Nashorn also referred to the Official Register, a useful list of federal employees. Newman Portal has extracted, from the Official Register, the lists of employees in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Mint from 1816-1959. A quick examination of the Official Register suggests the prohibition against marriage may have been selectively enforced. The 1881 Official Register lists Mrs. E. Cowan in the Coiner's Department, and others with the title Similarly, many married adjusters are listed in the 1891 report. The use of titles is inconsistent - for example, the adjusters have listed titles ( or ) in the 1891 report, while the counters in the coin department, among which are many women, are listed only by their first and last names.

Link to the Official Register on Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/536877

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
MORE ON WOMEN AND THE U.S. MINTsac(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n12a09.html)