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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
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
In the decades before Homeland Security and FEMA, regular citizens were expected to provide for their own safety. In 1936, the US Government released this poster, encouraging Americans to stay safe. Its strong design incorporates a civil defense symbol that would have resonated with Depression-era Americans. Though the concept of civil defense has largely disappeared, this poster is a reminder that regular civilians were once responsible for ensuring the safety of the nation. Poster text: Safety - For You, For All - WPA Illinois Safety Division
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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