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Poster GirlsMaryland State Archives
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Poster GirlsMaryland State Archives
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War posters were a key element in the U.S. propaganda effort to mobilize the homefront during World War II. Wartime posters reinforced positive images of traditional middle class values such as family, patriotism, and free enterprise.
This selection of World War II posters illustrates how women were mobilized to prepare for and support the war effort by working in factories, nursing sick and wounded soldiers, conserving food and maintaining gardens, and joining the various branches of the military service.
Materials compiled in this document can be used by educators to fulfill the following National History Standards for Grades 5-12:
STANDARD 3 The causes and course of World War II, the character of the war at home and abroad, and its reshaping of the U.S. role in world affairs.
Standard 3C: The student understands the effects of World War II at home
7-12: Analyze the effects of World War II on gender roles and the American family. [Compare and contrast differing sets of ideas]
7-12: Evaluate how minorities organized to gain access to wartime jobs and how they confronted discrimination. [Formulate a position or course of action on an issue]
DESCRIPTION: Soldiers without Guns
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REPOSITORY: Maryland Historical SocietyDESCRIPTION: "Have You Answered the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call"
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REPOSITORY: Maryland Historical SocietyDESCRIPTION: I'm Proud of YOU FOLKS too!!
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REPOSITORY: Maryland Historical SocietyDESCRIPTION: Victory Waits on Your Fingers
NOTES: Produced by the Royal Typewriter Company for the U.S. Civil Service Commission
SOURCE: Powers of Persuasion: Poster War from World War II
REPOSITORY: NARA Still Picture Branch (NWDNS-44-PA-2272)DESCRIPTION: Longing Won't Bring Him Back Sooner...Get a War Job!
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1944
NOTES: Printed by the Government Printing Office for the War Manpower Commission
SOURCE: Powers of Persuasion: Poster War from World War II
REPOSITORY: NARA Still Picture Branch (NWDNS-44-PA-389)DESCRIPTION: We Can Do It!
NOTES: Produced by Westinghouse for the War Production Co-Ordinating Committee
SOURCE: Powers of Persuasion: Poster War from World War II
REPOSITORY: NARA Still Picture Branch (NWDNS-179-WP-1563)DESCRIPTION: Wanted! For Murder
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1944
SOURCE: Powers of Persuasion: Poster War from World War II
REPOSITORY: NARA Still Picture Branch (NWDNS-208-PMP-91)DESCRIPTION: She's a : wow : women ordnance worker
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1942
SOURCE: "A Summons to Comradeship" World War I and II Posters
REPOSITORY: Minneapolis Public LibraryDESCRIPTION: "I've found the job where I fit best!" : find your war job : in industry -- agriculture -- business
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1943
SOURCE: War Posters Collection State Library Resource Center
REPOSITORY: Enoch Pratt Free LibraryDESCRIPTION: Do the job he left behind : apply U.S. Employment Service...
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1943
SOURCE: "A Summons to Comradeship" World War I and II Posters
REPOSITORY: Minneapolis Public LibraryDESCRIPTION: Secretaries of war
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1943
SOURCE: "A Summons to Comradeship" World War I and II Posters
REPOSITORY: Minneapolis Public LibraryDESCRIPTION: "We'll Have Lots to Eat This Winter, Won't We, Mother?"
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1943
SOURCE: "A Summons to Comradeship" World War I and II Posters
REPOSITORY: Minneapolis Public LibraryDESCRIPTION: Am I proud! .. : I'm fighting famine ... : by canning food at home
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1946
SOURCE: "A Summons to Comradeship" World War I and II Posters
REPOSITORY: Minneapolis Public LibraryDESCRIPTION: "Won't you give my boy a chance to get home?" : don't travel -- unless your trip helps win the war
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1944
SOURCE: "A Summons to Comradeship" World War I and II Posters
REPOSITORY: Minneapolis Public Library
Powers of Persuasion: Poster War from World War II
"A Summons to Comradeship" World War I and II Posters
Posters of the Second World War in the Kittleson Collection at the Minneapolis Public Library
University of Washington Libraries War Poster Collection
Ohio Historical Society War Posters
War Posters Collection State Library Resource Center
By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943
The Art of War: World War II Posters from the Government Documents Collection
PRODUCE FOR VICTORY: Posters on the American Home Front (1941-45)
Resources on Incorporating Primary Sources and Historic Sites in Classroom Instruction
Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan: Powers of Persuasion - Poster Art of World War II
Anderson, Karen Tucker. "Last Hired, First Fired: Black Women Workers during World War II" The Journal of American History, Vol. 69, No. 1. (Jun., 1982), pp. 82-97.
Campbell, D'Ann. "Women in Combat: The World War II Experience in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union" The Journal of Military History, Vol. 57, No. 2. (Apr., 1993), pp. 301-323.
Kossoudji, Sherrie A. and Laura J. Dresser. "Working Class Rosies: Women Industrial Workers during World War II" The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 52, No. 2. (Jun., 1992), pp. 431-446.
Sherman, Janann. "They Either Need These Women or They Do Not": Margaret Chase Smith and the Fight for Regular Status for Women in the Military The Journal of Military History, Vol. 54, No. 1. (Jan., 1990), pp. 47-78.
Westbrook, Robert B. "I Want a Girl, Just Like the Girl that Married Harry James": American Women and the Problem of Political Obligation in World War II. American Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 4. (Dec., 1990), pp. 587-614.
Teaching American History in Maryland is a collaborative partnership of the Maryland State Archives and the Center for History Education (CHE), University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), and the following sponsoring school systems: Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Baltimore City Public School System, Baltimore County Public Schools, and Howard County Public Schools.
Other program partners include the Martha Ross Center for Oral History, Maryland Historical Society, State Library Resource Center/Enoch Pratt Free Library, with assistance from the National Archives and Records Administration and the Library of Congress. The program is funded through grants from the U.S. Department of Education.
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June 23, 2004
