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title: Women of All Ages Do War Work
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/women-of-all-ages-do-war-work-dol-1943/
description: Photo-montage sheet of nine captioned photographs of women at war-plant work, under the headline 'Women of All Ages Do War Work'.
section: Collection
---

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# Women of All Ages Do War Work

Photo-montage sheet of nine captioned photographs of women at war-plant work, under the headline 'Women of All Ages Do War Work'. The captions cite a count ('an estimated 1,000,000 women are now in war work') and an Army endorsement, a bandwagon and authority appeal, and direct readers to a public employment office.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
[imprint: Department of Labor seal] WOMEN'S BUREAU
WOMEN OF ALL AGES DO WAR WORK
AN ESTIMATED 1,000,000 WOMEN ARE NOW IN WAR WORK
TO GET WAR WORK--SEE YOUR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
THE ARMY HAS INDORSED WOMEN AS INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
HEALTHFUL WORKING CONDITIONS ARE A VITAL EFFICIENCY FACTOR
ON INDUSTRY'S FRONT--WOMEN FIGHT WITH THEIR HANDS
MANY OLDER WOMEN ARE EFFICIENT AS MACHINE OPERATORS
THE MIGHTY STEEL INDUSTRY--THIS GIRL INSPECTS TIN PLATE
THE EYES OF WOMEN ARE NEEDED FOR PRECISION WORK
IT TAKES SKILL TO OPERATE A TURRET LATHE
[imprint:] For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., Price 10 cents
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1943 O - 469089
```

[← Women 20 to 36. Earn a Navy rating. Join the WAVES](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/women-20-to-36-earn-a-navy-rating-1943/) [Women of America's salute to the Marines →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/women-of-americas-salute-to-the-marines-1943/)

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