Woman's Place in War
Narrow recruiting strip with red, black and blue lettering: 'Woman's place in war. The Army of the United States has 239 kinds of jobs for women. The Women's Army Corps', with three branch emblems at right (Army Air Forces, Ground Forces, Service Forces). The technique is faint: a single figure, 239 kinds of jobs, is offered as the case, with no job list or conditions shown.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army (Women's Army Corps)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Gender and suffrage, Labor
- 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 (Women's Army Corps). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-232 (NAID 513674).
Text on the object
WOMAN'S PLACE IN WAR THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES HAS 239 KINDS OF JOBS FOR WOMEN THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS CHOOSE YOUR BRANCH ARMY AIR FORCES ARMY GROUND FORCES ARMY SERVICE FORCES [imprint:] S-2--RPB--1-22-44--250M
