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Answers to Questions Women Ask About War Work

Key Details

Date: c. 1941-1945

Created By: United States Employment Service of the War Manpower Commission

Original or Replica: Replica

Era: The General

Collection: IKEducation

Citations: Retrieved from Northern Illinois University Library: W.W. Embree Collection, RC 2, box 6, folder 47.

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This booklet was originally created by the United States Employment Service of the War Manpower Commission. Date penciled on bottom of back cover is 2/6/47; possibly the day it was accessioned into the National Archives, Records of War Manpower Commission, Record Group 211. Its purpose was to explain to women why the government wants and needs them to work outside of the home and how it might affect their family.

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Wartime booklet answering women’s questions about military service.

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