Woman's place in war: Topographic Draftsman, Army Ground Forces
Full-size Women's Army Corps recruiting poster: a painted profile of a blonde uniformed woman drawing on a large map with a protractor, signed Ramus, over a grey panel reading '239 kinds of jobs for women'. The job count is a card-stacking figure; the idealised portrait and the Army Ground Forces caption with the Athena medallion lend the service's standing (transfer).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, Women's Army Corps (Recruiting Publicity Bureau)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- Gender and suffrage, War and the military
- 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. Army. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-260A (NAID 513707).
Text on the object
Topographic Draftsman ARMY GROUND FORCES WOMAN'S PLACE IN WAR The Army of the United States has 239 kinds of jobs for women THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS [signature: Ramus] [imprint: P-[illegible]-RPB-1-25-44-[illegible]; Recruiting Publicity Bureau, United States Army]
