U.S. Government Printing Office The more Women at work the sooner we will Win!
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09654.08 Author/Creator: U.S. Government Printing Office Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Poster Date: 1943 Pagination: 1 poster ; 56 x 35.5 cm. Order a Copy
One poster entitled, "The more Women at work the sooner we will Win!" printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1943. Poster features a woman standing inside an acrylic dome fitting holes into it. The poster also says, "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 identifying number at the bottom of the poster is OWI poster No. 52 O-517134. There is a stamp reading, "Wm. A. Donovan," and the text, "OWI 52," on the back of the poster.
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