"Toronto men, women, boys and girls who pass aptitude tests find themselves building planes. Starting her test is Jean Secor." - from an photo series titled "Try Jig-Saw Puzzle in War-Job Testing," and an article "Can You Fit A Slug in a Hole? Maybe You're A1 On Planes," Toronto Star. July 9, 1942. Page 2. The photos show Jean Secor, a young Toronto woman, going through the test and solving various engineering and mathematical issues designed to test her aptitude for airplane manufacturing. This test was created by Graham Grove, an instructor of Central Technical School in Toronto, administered by a University of Toronto psychology professor named G. F. Cosgrove, and employed at the employment offices of the National Steel Car Co. and DeHavilland in Toronto. Descended from early intelligence testing metrics, employment aptitude tests became increasingly common - a victory of managerialism and human resources under capitalism - in the United States by the mid-1930s, and in Canada by World War 2. No idea of Miss Secor passed her test.











