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title: Women Strike for Peace at the White House (18 March 1970)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/women-strike-for-peace-white-house-1970/
description: Women march past the White House under a banner reading "WOMEN STRIKE FOR PEACE" and a sign reading "SET THE DATE FOR TOTAL WITHDRAWAL".
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# Women Strike for Peace at the White House (18 March 1970)

Women march past the White House under a banner reading "WOMEN STRIKE FOR PEACE" and a sign reading "SET THE DATE FOR TOTAL WITHDRAWAL". The banner states peace as the aim and does not define it; the sign names a dated withdrawal.

## Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

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

## Text on the object

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

```
WOMEN STRIKE FOR PEACE
SET THE DATE FOR TOTAL WITHDRAWAL
```

The banner and the nearest sign are transcribed. Placards farther back are not legible.

[← National Liberation Front flags on a wall (photograph, 23 January 1970)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/nlf-flags-displayed-marines-1970/) [Anti-draft demonstration at Selective Service headquarters (Washington, 19 March 1970) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/draft-card-burning-selective-service-1970/)

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