Back our girls over there - YWCA
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Back our girls over there - YWCA
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Description
The war opened a variety of employment opportunities to women. A 1918 YMCA “War Work for Women” pamphlet cited 1.5 million women engaged in “War Orders.” This YMCA poster by Clarence F. Underwood (1871-1929) illustrates a Signal Corps worker. Known as “Hello Girls” these women wore military uniforms and conformed to military law but were considered civilian military employees.
Y.W.C.A. poster for the United War Work Campaign showing a young woman seated at a switchboard with soldiers in the background.
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The Filson Historical Society Print Collection
Publisher
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office
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PR2070.0073
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Citation
Underwood, Clarence, “Back our girls over there - YWCA,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed February 13, 2025, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/1173.
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