To the women of Britain. Some of your men folk are holding back on your account. Won't you prove your love for your country by persuading them to go? / The Romwell Press, Strand, London. – Vintage Print
![To the women of Britain. Some of your men folk are holding back on your account. Won't you prove your love for your country by persuading them to go? / The Romwell Press, Strand, London., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/19/196b317ff5c6-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of To the women of Britain. Some of your men folk are holding back on your account. Won't you prove your love for your country by persuading them to go? / The Romwell Press, Strand, London.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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To the women of Britain. Some of your men folk are holding back on your account. Won't you prove your love for your country by persuading them to go? / The Romwell Press, Strand, London.
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Set apart by its wording alone, this text-only poster speaks directly to the women of Britain and asks them to persuade reluctant men to enlist. It was issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, a body formed in 1915 to encourage voluntary enlistment before conscription arrived in 1916. The appeal recasts domestic loyalty as patriotic duty, placing part of the responsibility for recruitment with wives, mothers and sweethearts. Printed by the Romwell Press on the Strand, it is numbered 55 in its series and shows the direct, text-driven style of wartime recruiting posters.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 74 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Poster no. 55. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. World War, 1914-1918--Women--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,628 × 3,845 px · prints to 9 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224122 |
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