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title: There's work to be done and a war to be won... NOW!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/women-work-to-be-done-war-to-be-won-now-1944/
description: 'Illustrated poster: giant red block letters spelling ''WOMEN'' are worked on by small cartoon women in overalls, uniforms and a waitress outfit.'
section: Collection
---

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[![There's work to be done and a war to be won... NOW!, 1944 US poster: Illustrated poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/women-work-to-be-done-war-to-be-won-now-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/women-work-to-be-done-war-to-be-won-now-1944.jpg)

# There's work to be done and a war to be won... NOW!

Illustrated poster: giant red block letters spelling 'WOMEN' are worked on by small cartoon women in overalls, uniforms and a waitress outfit, with a bomber wing, locomotive and jeep around them. Headline: 'There's work to be done and a war to be won... NOW!' and 'See your U.S. Employment Service'. Many women shown in many jobs imply that joining is the common course (bandwagon).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
WOMEN
There's work to be done
and a war to be won . . .
NOW!
SEE YOUR U. S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION
[signature: Vernon Grant for O.W.I.]
[imprint: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944—O—598047]
```

[← Woman's place in war! Photographic Laboratory Technician, Women's Army Corps](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/womans-place-in-war-photographic-laboratory-technician-1944/) [A wrong address here puts his address here →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/wrong-address-here-puts-his-address-here-1944/)

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