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title: 'Back Our Girls Over There: Y.W.C.A. United War Work Campaign'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/back-our-girls-over-there-1918/
description: A woman in a dark uniform and headset works a telephone switchboard, with a YWCA triangle on the wall beside her and soldiers in helmets marching
section: Collection
---

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# Back Our Girls Over There: Y.W.C.A. United War Work Campaign

A woman in a dark uniform and headset works a telephone switchboard, with a YWCA triangle on the wall beside her and soldiers in helmets marching in the background. The slogan asks viewers to 'back our girls over there' for the United War Work Campaign. The tell is the transfer of the soldiers' presence and the uniform's authority onto the fundraising appeal for the YWCA's overseas work.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Y.W.C.A.

Back our
girls over there
United War Work Campaign

Y.W.C.A.
[artist's signature, lower left of picture: Clarence F. Underwood]
```

The YWCA triangle also appears on the wall within the picture. The signature at lower left of the picture reads Clarence F. Underwood (script lettering, partly worn).

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