Women awake! Your country needs you--Learn to be of national service - join the Navy League--Help the Navy - local headquarters / Hazel Roberts. – Antique Print
(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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Step back in time with Women awake! Your country needs you--Learn to be of national service - join the Navy League--Help the Navy - local headquarters / Hazel Roberts., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Women awake! Your country needs you--Learn to be of national service - join the Navy League--Help the Navy - local headquarters / Hazel Roberts.
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Women are the direct audience of this 1916 lithograph, which uses a megaphone and the words "Women awake!" to call them into national service through the Navy League. It was issued before the United States entered the First World War in 1917, during a preparedness campaign that pressed Americans to strengthen the military, the navy above all. The Navy League, founded in 1902, enlisted women as volunteers to support the fleet at home, a role that foreshadowed the Navy's wartime enrollment of women in clerical and support jobs. The poster is credited to Hazel Roberts, and its bold color printing was built to catch the eye of passersby.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. F34.J7. 1916. Promotional goal: U.S. J26. 1916. · United States. Navy sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Women--United States. Navy League of the United States--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. Women--Employment--1910-1920. Megaphones--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,177 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 804_Women_awake_Your_countr_1916 |
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