Women's Place in War

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Once the War began, the government took a new view of where American Women belonged. This set of posters referred to as the " Women's Place Posters" show American women demonstrating their skills in several different capacities. These pictures show women working in very "uncharacteristic" and very intersting jobs. As a result they proved to be very effective, because they glorified and glamorized war work.

This Poster shows a woman working as a chemical labratory assistant.
NWDNS 44-PA 259A - NAIL

Here a woman edits a picture.
The idea of a woman working as a labratory technicans is very enticing. NWDNS 44-PA 259B - NAIL

Women cartographers study a map
of the world as they delineate a clear path for army ground forces. NWDNS 44-PA 259D - NAIL

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