World War II

Inspiring The Homefront

December 7, 1941America Went to War

To support the War effort the Homefront had to make sacrifices

Society Changed

RationingVictory Gardens

Women in the Workforce

Why Posters ?

Posters helped to mobilize the nationPosters expressed the needs and goals of a

countryPosters could be placed in areas other media

couldn’t reachPosters 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

Canning [artist unknown]. Office of War Information poster, no. 77. 1943. 23 x 16.

Goods to consumersreached major levels of rationing as goods becamescarce.

Some Items that were rationed

Gas Rubber

Butter 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 materialsheld 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

CREDITSNational Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institutehttp://americanhistory.si.edu/victory/ PosterNew Hampshire State Libraryhttp://www.state.nh.us/ww2/sacrifice.htmPostersFrontierhttp://frontiernet.net/~pendino/World-War-II-Posters.htmPostersThe National Archives Power of Persuasionhttp://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_intro.htmlPosterTeacherozhttp://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIHomefront.htmPosters and Information on Women and the War

Polytechnic

http://www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/ww2home.html StatisticsEast Devon

www.eastdevon.net/Images/ Landscapes/sun_rise.jpg PictureOneontahttp://employees.oneonta.edu/richards/145-webpage/145-16/

sld026.htmInformationTripodhttp://members.tripod.com/~janrobitaille/index-ww2.htmlInformationMusic Credit Boogie Woogie Bugle Boywww.coccinellband.ch/MP3/Explosif/Boogie_Woogie_Bugle_Boy.mpsMusic

Created by:Germaine Stroud

Instructional Assistant Challenger Middle School

June 17, 2003