Jobs for girls & women If you want a good job in household employment apply at - or w – Vintage Poster
(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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This 1936 silkscreen poster speaks directly to women job seekers, urging them to apply for household work through a state employment office. The record ties it to the Illinois State Employment Service, and the subject headings point to its public relations campaign. Domestic service was one of the few fields reliably hiring women during the Depression, and the Works Progress Administration's poster program used inexpensive silkscreen printing to carry such practical notices to ordinary audiences. The record also credits Charlotte Barrows Chorpenning and the Federal theater Project as sponsors, a reminder that federal arts workers were involved in the wider effort.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 153 · Chorpenning Charlotte B. (Charlotte Barrows) Federal Theatre Project (New York N.Y.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Illinois. State Employment Service--Public relations--1930-1950. Women--Employment--1930-1950. Housework--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 986 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 547_Jobs_for_girls_women_I_1936 |
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