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title: Women Take Over on British Railroad Systems
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-women-take-over-on-british-railroad-systems-1939/
description: A pictograph sheet shows rows of woman-worker symbols above rows of marching soldier symbols, each symbol equal to 3,000 persons.
section: Collection
---

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[![Women Take Over on British Railroad Systems, 1939 UK poster: A pictograph sheet shows rows of woman-worker symbols above rows](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-women-take-over-on-british-railroad-systems-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-women-take-over-on-british-railroad-systems-1939.jpg)

# Women Take Over on British Railroad Systems

A pictograph sheet shows rows of woman-worker symbols above rows of marching soldier symbols, each symbol equal to 3,000 persons, with four line drawings of women railway workers. The tell is the symbol count with no date, source or total railway workforce, which presents women's numbers as men 'released for the armed forces'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
Women take over on British
Railroad Systems
(Main line and London Transport Railways)
EACH SYMBOL EQUALS 3,000 PERSONS

WOMEN WORKING ON THE RAILWAYS

MEN RELEASED FOR THE ARMED FORCES

G.P.G./AM./21A.
```

[← Women of the Forces: War Service Grants and Emergency Grants](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-women-of-the-forces-war-service-grants-1939/) [Work for a Record Harvest: Only by frequent hoeing can weeds be destroyed →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-work-for-a-record-harvest-hoeing-1939/)

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