 In 1919 Walsh was retained by the National Women's Trade Union League, whose members had been ousted from their jobs as streetcar conductors at the conclusion of World War I. Walsh argued before the War Labor Board that women had the same rights as men to work.At the end of the case the WLB found in favor of the women's organization, and reversed a lower-court ruling on the subject.The headline from a 14 April 1922 article in "The New York Times" concerning Walsh's court maneuvers indicates how Walsh was seen by the nation