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Vertical color propaganda poster with image of a woman in a red unform building a cockpit windo…
The More Women at Work the Sooner We Win!
Vertical color propaganda poster with image of a woman in a red unform building a cockpit windo…
Vertical color propaganda poster with image of a woman in a red unform building a cockpit window

The More Women at Work the Sooner We Win!

Date1943
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. 00.2011.001
Object number00.2011.001
DescriptionPoster, Political; Vertical color World War II propaganda poster titled, "The more WOMEN at work the sooner we WIN!" The image is of a light-skinned woman in a red working uniform, with a red scarf tied to the top of her head, constructing what appears to be an airplane cockpit window. Below her is a text box that reads "Women are needed also as: // Farm Workers Waitresses Timekeepers Laundresses // Typists Bus Drivers Elevator Operators Teachers // Salespeople Taxi Drivers Messengers Conductors // - and in hundreds of other war jobs? // See Your Local U.S. Employment Service" The poster was designed by photographer Alfred Palmer.
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