World War II
Inspiring The Homefront
December 7, 1941
America Went to War
To support the War effort the Homefront had to make sacrifices
Society Changed Victory Gardens Rationing
Women in the Workforce
Why Posters ?
Posters helped to mobilize the nation Posters expressed the needs and goals of a country Posters could be placed in areas other media couldn’t reach Posters of World War II conveyed imagery that celebrated the middle class, free enterprise, and patriotism
Farming Increased
"Grow it Yourself" (Artist: Herbert Bayer, Rural Electrification Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1942. Poster, 163786.01, 31" x 21 1/8", 90-3534. Gift of New York City WPA War Service.)
Rationing inspired creative solutions
Goods to consumers reached major levels of rationing as goods became scarce.
Canning [artist unknown]. Office of War Information poster, no. 77. 1943. 23 x 16.
Some Items that were rationed
Gas
Butter
Rubber
Sugar
Meat
Shoes
WOMEN MARCHED INTO FACTORIES, OFFICES, & MILITARY BASES
Over 400,00 women served in the Armed Services during World War II
Women’s numbers in the work force increased
Married women out numbered single women in the work force for the first time in history
The poster is in the public domain and is part of the vast collection of photographs, maps, documents, and other historical materials held by the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408.
Shortages Everywhere
Women rolled bandages and knit socks for the soldiers overseas.
"Remember Pearl Harbor / Purl Harder“ (New York City WPA War Service, 1942 Poster, 163786.02, 14" x 22 1/4", 90-3535. Gift of New York City WPA War Service.)
Industries switched to war production quickly
"You're Darn Tootin' We'll Keep 'em Shootin'“ (Ordnance Department, U.S. Army, 1942 Gift of War Department, Services of Supply, Poster, cat.163676.06, 28 1/2" x 40" 91-14108)
After the War
• Although many women returned to the kitchen following the war women’s presence increased in the work force • The U.S. had economically recovered from the Depression • Posters continued to be used to convey social, economic and political ideas after the war
CREDITS
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute http://americanhistory.si.edu/victory/ Poster New Hampshire State Library http://www.state.nh.us/ww2/sacrifice.htm Posters Frontier http://frontiernet.net/~pendino/World-War-II-Posters.htm Posters The National Archives Power of Persuasion http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_ persuasion_intro.html Poster Teacheroz http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIHomefront.htm Posters and Information on Women and the War
Polytechnic
http://www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/ww2home.html
Statistics East Devon
www.eastdevon.net/Images/ Landscapes/sun_rise.jpg Picture Oneonta http://employees.oneonta.edu/richards/145-webpage/14516/sld026.htm Information Tripod
http://members.tripod.com/~janrobitaille/index-ww2.html Information Music Credit Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy www.coccinellband.ch/MP3/Explosif/Boogie_Woogie_Bugle_Boy.mps Music
Created by: Germaine Stroud Instructional Assistant Challenger Middle School June 17, 2003