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The More Women at Work the Sooner we Win! - Women Are Needed Also as Farm Workers, Typists, Salespeople, Waitresses, Bus Drivers, Taxi Drivers, Timekeepers, Elevator Operators, Messengers, Laundresses, Teachers, Conductors, and in Hundreds of Other War Jobs! - See Your Local U.S. Employment Service
I'm Proud...My Husband Wants Me to Do My Part - See Your U.S. Employment Service - War Manpower Commission
You Work Means Victory - Build Another One - United States Shipping Board - Emergency Fleet Corporation
The Ships are Coming - United States Shipping Board - Emergency Fleet Corporation
On the Job for Victory - United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
The Great Depression: a stock market crash, vast unemployment, breadlines, millions barely scraping by. With household incomes dwindling, women began to enter the workforce in record numbers. Historically, women had stayed home to tend the kitchen and raise the children. Everything changed during the Great Depression. By 1936, twenty-five percent of all American women were employed outside the home. With public service posters like this one pasted to street corners and abandoned buildings, millions of women began to imagine life with a paycheck. Poster text: Jobs for Girls & Women - Good Pay, Good Meals, Good Surroundings, Good Working Conditions - If You Want a Good Job in Household Employment - Apply At or Write To Illinois State Employment Service
Protect Your Hands - You Work With Them
Tailoring - Cutter, Fitter, Tailor, Salesman, Inspector, Sponger, Presser, Clothing Factory Worker
Today is Another day - Make it Safe! - WPA Illinois Safety Division
The More Women at Work the Sooner we Win! - Women Are Needed Also as Farm Workers, Typists, Salespeople, Waitresses, Bus Drivers, Taxi Drivers, Timekeepers, Elevator Operators, Messengers, Laundresses, Teachers, Conductors, and in Hundreds of Other War Jobs! - See Your Local U.S. Employment Service
The More Women at Work the Sooner we Win! - Women Are Needed Also as Farm Workers, Typists, Salespeople, Waitresses, Bus Drivers, Taxi Drivers, Timekeepers, Elevator Operators, Messengers, Laundresses, Teachers, Conductors, and in Hundreds of Other War Jobs! - See Your Local U.S. Employment Service
The More Women at Work the Sooner we Win! - Women Are Needed Also as Farm Workers, Typists, Salespeople, Waitresses, Bus Drivers, Taxi Drivers, Timekeepers, Elevator Operators, Messengers, Laundresses, Teachers, Conductors, and in Hundreds of Other War Jobs! - See Your Local U.S. Employment Service
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