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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.
Woman’s Place in War
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Woman’s Place in War

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.17.26
Object Type Poster
Artist (American illustrator and cartoonist, 1917 - 2005)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1919)
Date1944
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 12 5/8 in x W 8 1/4 in (32.1 cm x 21 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster featuring a uniformed member of the Women's Army Corps using a protractor on a map. On the left arm of her uniform is an Army Ground Forces shoulder sleeve insignia, as well as an Army Technician sleeve rank patch. The artist's facsimile signature is in the lower right corner of the image: Ramus. In the lower left corner of the image is the Women's Army Corps (WAC/WAAC) insignia – the Greek goddess Pallas Athene (Athena) – and the words "Topographic Draftsman / ARMY AIR FORCES." Below the image, on a light gray background, is dark gray text that reads: WOMAN'S PLACE IN WAR / The Army of the United States / has 239 kinds of jobs for women / THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS.

Issued by the Recruiting Publicity Bureau, United States Army, poster no. PC-87-RPB-1-22-44-50M.
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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