Minimum Standards for Employment of Women in Industry
Twenty-panel chart of workplace standards for women in industry (hours, rest, lighting, wages, safety), each panel a small line drawing with a numbered line of text, around the Department of Labor seal. The technique is faint here: the official seal and the Women's Bureau banner lend government authority to an information sheet.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Labor, Gender and suffrage, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1360 (NAID 515014).
Text on the object
MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY 1. A DAY OF NOT MORE THAN 8 HOURS [clock panel labels: LUNCH, REST] 2. A 48-HOUR WEEK WITH 1 DAY OF REST [calendar: MARCH, SUN. MON. TUE. WED. THU. FRI. SAT., days 1 to 31] 3. NO NIGHT WORK. NORMAL SLEEP 4. REST PERIODS TO RELIEVE CONSTANT STANDING OR CONSTANT SITTING 5. A CHAIR ADJUSTED TO THE WORKER AND HER JOB 6. AT LEAST 30 MINUTES FOR LUNCH 7. GOOD NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING 8. CLEAN WELL-VENTILATED WORKROOMS 9. A WAGE BASED ON OCCUPATION, NOT ON SEX NOR RACE 10. A LIVING WAGE FOR SELF AND DEPENDENTS 11. SANITARY DRINKING AND WASHING FACILITIES. ADEQUATE TOILETS 12. SATISFACTORY LUNCH ROOMS, CLOAK ROOMS, AND REST ROOMS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WOMEN'S BUREAU 13. JOBS NOT PROHIBITED TO WOMEN UNLESS MORE DANGEROUS THAN TO MEN 14. A WOMAN TO SUPERVISE THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN 15. PREVENTION OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES AND DISEASES 16. PROTECTION AGAINST DUST, FUMES, FLYING PARTICLES 17. GUARDED MACHINERY. SAFE FLOORS 18. PREVENTION OF STRAIN AT WORK 19. ELIMINATION OF FIRE HAZARDS 20. FIRST-AID EQUIPMENT THE WOMEN'S BUREAU WAS CREATED BY CONGRESS TO FORMULATE STANDARDS AND POLICIES WHICH SHALL PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF WAGE-EARNING WOMEN, IMPROVE THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS, INCREASE THEIR EFFICIENCY, AND ADVANCE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT; AND IS AUTHORIZED TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT UPON ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE WELFARE OF EMPLOYED WOMEN [imprint:] UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE [imprint:] For Sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price 10 cents
