Elles servent la France: Souscrivons à l'Emprunt de la Victoire – Historic Print
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Elles servent la France: Souscrivons à l'Emprunt de la Victoire
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Elles servent la France," or "They serve France," opens this 1918 call to buy into the Emprunt de la Victoire, the Victory Loan, and the appeal is aimed squarely at women. France paid for much of its wartime effort through public bonds like this one, and by 1918, with millions of men at the front, women had taken on factory, farm, transport and office work that kept the country running. Posters of this kind were printed in large numbers and pasted across towns, using patriotic imagery to present lending money to the state as a form of civic duty. The closing call, "Souscrivons," or "Let us subscribe," invites viewers to see themselves as part of a shared national effort.
| Created / published | 1918 |
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| Original scan | 4,016 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1329_Elles_servent_la_France_1918 |
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