Women in war work

This is a flyer posted to convince Congress to give women the right to vote. It is the digital format of a flyer. 1918. National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company. Courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies. World War I has just been won and…

A woman working in a factory during WWII. Digitized Photograph. 1942. World War II, women have rights but are still fighting for more, they will likely use their work and efforts in the war to get more rights. Women had very diverse tasks in their…

A World War I Navy recruitment poster for women. Digitized recruitment poster from World War I. 1916. World War I was happening and the United States was helping to fund the allies, such as Great Britain, but had not entered the war yet. The type of…

Poster about a vocational school teaching women how to farm. Digitized drawing or poster. 1918. The World War I had just ended or would end soon, and many young men had died in the war so women would need to keep step into their jobs they left…

An American nurse treating a soldier during World War I. 5 x 7 in. Glass negatives. 1914. The United States of American had not officially entered World War I and would not do so until 1917, but the United States of America did fund their Allies and…

A poster to convince women to become trained nurses for the war effort. 76 x 54 cm. Lithograph. 1917 or 1918. World War I is happening and the war effort needs women to treat soldiers. The government wanted women for the war effort, and the poster…

A poster to convince people to help the women over in Europe helping with the war effort. Lithograph. 1918. World War I, everyone is helping with the war effort, even women who were previously barred from the workforce. Nursing was not the only job…

Women worked in munitions making, typically a man's job, during World War I. 12.6 x 17.7 cm. Gelatin silver print. 1914. World War I will begin soon for the rest of the world, and when will be albe to vot in six years. Women were working in muntions…