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'For Your Country's Sake Today—For Your Own Sake Tomorrow' - A mid-1940's US armed service recruiting poster features four women in different uniforms (from left, Marines, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), Women's Army Corps (WAC), and Coast Guard (SPARS)).

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Naval Air Station, 1942 - Assembly and Repairs Department senior supervisor Eloise J. Ellis stands near the tail of a US Navy plane at Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, TX.

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'Are You A Girl With A Star-Spangled Heart?' - A 1940's Women's Army Corps (WAC) recruitment poster depicts a uniformed woman against an American flag background.

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Uniform appearance, 1943 - Three official uniforms of the US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), from left to right: the officer's winter uniform, the officer's summer uniform and the uniform of an auxiliary.

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'Good Soldier' - A 1944 recruitment poster from the Women's Army Corps (WAC) features a uniformed and smiling woman.

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'Don't Miss Your Great Opportunity...' - A mid-1940's US Navy recruitment poster for the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) program.

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'He Volunteered for Submarine Service' - This poster depicts a woman with her arms around a sailor as she admires his service medals. It dates back to the early 1940s.

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Volunteer line, 1941 - Members of the Women's Voluntary Service lining up in a New York street.

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'Save His Life... And Find Your Own' - A poster from 1943 depicts a female nurse as she stands over a man, who lies on a bed with his head bandaged.

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'Women Needed' - A mid-1940's poster depicts a kitchen scene where an elderly man in an apron washes dishes while a woman in a suit walks towards the door, swinging a lunch box in her hand and smiling. 

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Painting aircraft insignia, 1942 - Civil Service employee Irma Lee McElroy paints insignia on airplane wings at the Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, TX.

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'There's a Man-Size Job For You In Your Navy' - A US Navy recruitment poster from 1943 for the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) program, depicts a uniformed woman looking on while anti-aircraft fire explodes above a ship behind her.

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Steam cleaning, 1943 - Mrs. Viola Sievers sprays an H-class locomotive with steam at the Chicago & North Western Railroad roundhouse in Clinton, IA.

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'Do The Job He Left Behind' - A 1943 US Employment Service poster depicts a woman using an electric drill on a girder. 

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Riveter at work, 1942 - A female riveter at work on a bomber at Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Fort Worth, TX.

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Making blackout lights, 1943 - Heil and Co. employee Lucile Mazurek works on black-out lamps to be used on US Air Force gasoline trailers in Milwaukee, WI.

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Cleaning sand, 1943 - Thelma Cuvage sifts and cleans sand for use in locomotives at the Chicago & North Western Railroad roundhouse in Clinton, IA.

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Armaments factory, 1943 - A woman working in an armaments factory.

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'Service On The Home Front' - A poster from the mid-1940s depicts a determined-looking man, woman, and child, accompanied by a list of various jobs.

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"Woman's Place In War" - A Women's Army Corps (WAC) recruitment poster states that "the Army of the United States has 239 kinds of jobs for women."

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Inventory, 1942 - A stock clerk takes inventory in a storeroom at North American Aviation, Inc. in Inglewood, CA.

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"Enlist In A Proud Profession" - A 1943 recruitment poster features a profile portrait of a woman in a dress grey military uniform and cap.

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'Don't Just Kiss 'Em Goodbye' - This poster from 1943 features a woman as she kisses an American airman.

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Checking electrical assemblies, 1942 - A Vega Aircraft Corporation employee checks electrical assemblies in Burbank, CA.

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'Secretaries Of War' - Four smiling women in business attire pose against an American flag in this mid-1940's poster.

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Lunch break, 1943 - Chicago & North Western Railroad roundhouse workers pause for lunch in Clinton, IA.

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'SPARS' - A 1942 recruitment poster for the US Coast Guard SPARS program features uniformed women as they march in line on a dock under an American and US Coast Guard flag.

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'We're All In The Army Now; Let's All Work To Win!' - A group of men and women saluting the massive, spectral head of Uncle Sam, which hovers above a landscape of industrial factories, is the scene on this early 1940's poster.

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Fundamentals of flying, 1942 - Three members of Women Fliers of America Inc. look on while their female instructor explains the fundamentals of aircraft engineering.

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Checking tanker parts, 1943 - Heil and Co. employees Helen Ryan (with cap) and Agnes Cliemka unmask and perform checks on gasoline trailers to be used by the US Air Force, Milwaukee, WI.

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A Woman and her engine, 1942 - An employee of the Douglas Aircraft Company works on an aircraft engine at Long Beach, CA.

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'Be A Marine... Free A Marine To Fight' - A US Marine Corps Women's Reserve recruitment poster, dating back to the early 1940s, features a portrait of a uniformed woman. 

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Wing assembly, 1942 - Two North American Aviation, Inc. employees assemble a section of a wing for a P-51 fighter plane.

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Checking 1,000 lb. bomb cases, 1943 - A Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. employee checks 1,000 lb bomb cases loaded with explosives in Omaha, NE.

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'This Is My War Too!' - A 1943 recruiting poster for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

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Folding Blankets, 1945 - A female factory worker folding US Army blankets. 

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Aircraft assembly, 1942 - A man of diminutive stature installs control wires inside the fuselage of a Valiant basic trainer while a woman works standing outside. Taken at the Vultee Aircraft Downey Plant California.

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'Join The WAVES' - A poster from 1943 encouraging women to join WAVES, a division of the US Navy that enlisted women to help the wartime effort.

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'Proud – I'll Say' - A recruitment poster for the US Navy WAVES features a father seated at a desk, a framed picture of his uniformed daughter sitting beside him.

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Turntable operator, 1943 - Cloe Weaver, mother of four, working as a roundhouse helper training to operate the turntable at the Chicago & North Western Railroad roundhouse in Clinton, IA.

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Artillery worker, 1940 - An African-American war worker in a munitions factory.

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Wiper, 1943 - Mrs. Marcella Hart, mother of three, works as a wiper at the Chicago & North Western Railroad roundhouse in Clinton, IA.

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'Calling WAAC...' - Mentioned in this recruiting poster for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, the WAAC was formed in 1942 at the urging of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

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'Her America Must Stay Free!' - This 1943 war bonds poster shows a daydreaming teenage girl thinking about what to write in her diary.

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An African-American contingent of the Women's Army Corps, the first to be assigned to overseas service.

See also: Everyday items originally developed for the military

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