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title: The More Women at Work the Sooner We Win!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/the-more-women-at-work-the-sooner-we-win-1943/
description: Colour poster of a woman in a red uniform handling a transparent aircraft canopy part, with the headline 'The more WOMEN at work the sooner we WIN!'
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# The More Women at Work the Sooner We Win!

Colour poster of a woman in a red uniform handling a transparent aircraft canopy part, with the headline 'The more WOMEN at work the sooner we WIN!' and a box listing other jobs women are needed in, ending 'See your local U.S. Employment Service'. The tell is the list of ordinary occupations and 'hundreds of other war jobs' offered as the whole picture of available work.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
The more WOMEN at work
the sooner we WIN!
WOMEN ARE NEEDED ALSO AS:
FARM WORKERS
WAITRESSES
TIMEKEEPERS
LAUNDRESSES
TYPISTS
BUS DRIVERS
ELEVATOR OPERATORS
TEACHERS
SALESPEOPLE
TAXI DRIVERS
MESSENGERS
CONDUCTORS
— and in hundreds of other war jobs!
SEE YOUR LOCAL U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
[badge:] ZONE X TEMPORARY 0000
[imprint:] OWI Poster No. 52. Additional copies may be obtained upon request from the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington, D. C.
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1943—O—517134
```

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