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title: More and more women work on aircraft
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/more-and-more-women-work-on-aircraft-1942/
description: 'Nine-photograph sheet under the headline ''More and more women work on aircraft'', each photo captioned: women riveting, welding.'
section: Collection
---

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# More and more women work on aircraft

Nine-photograph sheet under the headline 'More and more women work on aircraft', each photo captioned: women riveting, welding, wiring and sewing fabric on a bomber's tail. Ordinary named-by-trade workers stand for all women; the technique (plain-folks) is joined to plain requests for training and equal pay.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
WOMEN'S BUREAU
[seal: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA]
MORE AND MORE WOMEN WORK ON AIRCRAFT
"TRAIN THE WOMEN TO HELP MAKE PLANES, UNCLE SAM"—THE WOMEN'S BUREAU URGES
WOMEN SHOULD BE PAID THE SAME RATES AS MEN WHEN THEIR JOBS ARE THE SAME
TEAMWORK—ONE GIRL BUCKS THE RIVETS, ANOTHER DRIVES THEM IN
WOMEN ARE WELL ADAPTED TO INSTALLATION WORK
A WELDER—TRAINING MAKES WOMEN SKILLED WORKERS
SHE DOES HER BIT "DOWN AND UNDER"
WHERE PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE AND A NECESSITY, TOO
KEEP 'EM SEWING—FANCY WORK ON A BOMBER'S TAIL
THEY HAVE A GOOD TIME DOING A GOOD JOB
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., Price 10 cents
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942 O - 469066]
```

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