Topic: Womanpower (Posters)
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As men volunteered for (or were drafted into) the various branches of the military early in World War II, the available supply of experienced industrial workers began to decline significantly. By 1943, the government was putting together an organized appeal for Womanpower. Recognizing that most women at the time had been brought up to regard industrial labor as men’s work, the Womanpower campaign ceaselessly encouraged women to take up those kinds of jobs. By the war’s end, millions of women (today, remembered collectively as Rosie the Riveter) had answered the call.
Women in the War
Title: Women in the War
Year: 1942
Artist: unknown
Published: War Manpower Commission
Together — We’ll Win!
Title: Together — We’ll Win!
Year: unknown
Artist: Fred L. Packer
Published: unknown
Do the Job He Left Behind
Title: Do the Job He Left Behind
Year: 1943
Artist: R. G. Harris
Published: US Employment Service
America Will Be as Strong as Her Women
Title: America Will Be as Strong as Her Women
Year: 1938
Artist: Cyrus Leroy Baldridge
Published: US Department of Labor
Secretaries of War
Title: Secretaries of War
Year: 1943
Artist: unknown
Published: US Army
My Girl’s a WOW
Title: My Girl’s a WOW
Year: 1943
Artist: Adolph Treidler
Published: Ordnance Department, US Army
I’m Proud
Title: I’m Proud
Year: 1944
Artist: John Newton Howitt
Published: War Manpower Commission
Women
Title: Women
Year: 1944
Artist: Vernon Grant
Published: War Manpower Commission
Soldiers Without Guns
Title: Soldiers Without Guns
Year: 1944
Artist: Adolph Treidler
Published: US Army
