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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.
Attention Women! 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.

Attention Women! Join the WAAC

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.17.42
Object Type Poster
Issuing Body (American, founded 1919)
Date1943
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 38 in x W 25 1/8 in (96.5 cm x 63.8 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster featuring a photographic image of a female Sergeant in uniform, holding a whistle. Black on yellow text running across the top reads: Attention Women! Below the image is yellow, white, and black text reading: JOIN THE WAAC / WOMEN'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS ★ U.S. ARMY / APPLY AT ANY U.S. ARMY RECRUITING AND INDUCTION STATION. Recruiting Publicity Bureau, U.S. Army No. P-57-RPB-3-5-43-25M.
Historical NoteOn 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
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 StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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