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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.
Women! They Can’t Do More - But You Can
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Women! They Can’t Do More - But You Can

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.17.6.2
Object Type Poster
Maker (American, founded 1919)
Date1943
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 12 1/2 in x W 9 1/2 in (31.8 cm x 24.1 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster featuring, on a yellow background, a slightly sepia photographic image of a burial ground. The image shows four wooden crosses acting as grave markers, with a helmet resting on the cross in the forefront. Black text above and below the image reads: WOMEN! / They can't do any more / - but you can / Join the WAC / WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS / APPLY AT NEAREST U.S. ARMY RECRUITING STATION.

Issued by the Recruiting Publicity Bureau, United States Army, poster no. PC-X-4-RPB-10-1-43-225M.
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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