Have you got what it takes to fill an important job like this? Enlist in the Waves – Historic Print
![Have you got what it takes to fill an important job like this? Enlist in the Waves, [1944] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9f/9fa939264cd8-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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This rare vintage poster captures Have you got what it takes to fill an important job like this? Enlist in the Waves in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Have you got what it takes to fill an important job like this? Enlist in the Waves
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Asking viewers whether they have "what it takes" to fill an important job, this color poster urges women to enlist in the Waves, the Navy's women's reserve. The name stood for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, and the program was created in 1942 so that women could take clerical, communications and technical posts ashore and free men for sea duty. Printed in 1944, at the height of the war, the poster reflects the wartime effort to bring women into military work that had long been closed to them, and its direct, confident tone is worth noticing.
| Created / published | [1944] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Women--Military service--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,156 × 1,468 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216142 |
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