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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Do Your Part, Join the WAAC
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Do Your Part, Join the WAAC

Object numberMO 2005.13.17.43
Name Poster
Maker (American, founded 1919)
Date1942
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 38 1/4 in x W 25 in (97.2 cm x 63.5 cm )
DescriptionA color poster encouraging enlistment in the WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps). On a peach and beige background, the poster features a green-tone photographic image of a woman, dressed in a U.S. Army uniform, walking forward. Seen behind her in the background is a photographic green-tone image of a troop of uniformed WAACs also marching forward. Green and white text above and below the image reads: “Do Your Part, Join the WAAC / WOMEN'S ARMY AUXLLIARY CORPS / UNITED STATES ARMY / APPLY AT ANY U.S. ARMY RECRUITING AND INDUCTION STATION.”

Small text along the bottom edge has the poster information: P-48—RPB—11-6-42—50M.
Label TextOn May 15, 1942, FDR signed a bill establishing the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). In July 1943 the Corps was renamed the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). More than 150,000 women served in the Army during World War II. They worked in a variety of jobs ranging from telephone, radio, and teletype operator to cryptographer, medical technician, aircraft mechanic, and sheet metal worker.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by the Adriance Memorial Library.
Credit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesOriginal Posters from World War I and World War II (National Archives Identifier 739394)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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