Posters: Women and War

What do each of the following posters tell  us (image and language) about contemporary gender roles and the expectations placed on women in wartime?

How.a.woman.fights.industry.WWII.jpg (528436 bytes)Grow.your.own.women.WWII.jpg (40912 bytes)For.your.countrys.sake.women.WWII.jpg (27273 bytes)

Call.to.farms.woman.WWII.1943.jpg (217527 bytes)Sunday.someday.women.WWII.jpg (533933 bytes)Find.your.war.job.women.WWII.jpg (211147 bytes)handsoff.family.WWII.women.children.jpg (28155 bytes)

Life.cover.1943.woman.steelworker.jpg (19220 bytes)

Life.cover.1943.women.pilots.jpg (23875 bytes)  

longing.get.job.woman.WWII.jpg (29799 bytes)

Rosie.wecandoit.WWII.women.jpg (39701 bytes)

victory.waits.fingers.women.WWII.jpg (44438 bytes)

Youareneeded.warjob.women.WWII.jpg (155368 bytes)

WWII.drinks.ad.propaganda.consumer.jpg (70926 bytes)

 

navy.poster.ww1.jpg (9327 bytes)

cartoon.WWII.women.photographer.jpg (105820 bytes)