Scientifically trained women in war jobs
Nine captioned black-and-white photographs of women at work as a meteorologist, gauge checker, map maker, draftsman, radio operator, materials tester, gun-bore inspector, chemical tester and furnace assistant, under the headline 'Scientifically Trained Women in War Jobs'. The grid shows examples of success in technical jobs and no other side of the picture (card-stacking), with ordinary workers as living proof (testimonial).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- 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
- Recruit
- Themes
- Labor, Gender and suffrage, Science and technology
- 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-1686 (NAID 515357).
Text on the object
WOMEN'S BUREAU [seal: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA] SCIENTIFICALLY TRAINED WOMEN IN WAR JOBS JUNIOR METEOROLOGIST FOR U. S. WEATHER BUREAU CHECKING GAGES IN ARMY LABORATORY REQUIRES MATHEMATICS PHOTOGRAMMETRY: MAKING MILITARY MAPS FROM AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS DRAFTSMAN BLUEPRINT DETAILER AIRPORT RADIO OPERATOR FOR AN AIR LINE TESTING MATERIALS IN AIRCRAFT PLANT CHECKING GUN BORES IN PROVING-GROUND LABORATORY CHEMICAL TESTING AT STEEL MILL LABORATORY ASSISTANT TEMPERING METAL IN GAS FURNACE [imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943 O - 523368]
