WWII Homefront Propoganda

Urging citizens to remember…

Buy War Bonds to support the war!

Debt securities used by the government to finance the war

Yields interest

Controls inflations

More War Bond posters

Posters often played on the fears of Americans, especially women.

Commemorate Pearl Harbor by buying extra War Bonds!

Americans should work hard for the war effort…

Women should do their part outside of the home…

Rosie the Riveter Became an iconic

figure for women in the workplace

We Can Do It! Was a rallying cry for women to work outside the home in factories to support the war effort

Became a tagline for the women’s rights movement

Women in the Armed Forces

Women were encouraged to join auxiliary branches of the armed forces

Their jobs were domestic and consisted largely of administrative duties

Most were given equal military pay

WAVES – Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service

What does the name imply?

Men were heavily recruited

What do these posters say about men who enlist?

Americans at home were encouraged to conserve & ration

Wasted food= wasted lives

Quick and careful production became essential

Americans were encouraged not to share information

Religion and the war

Racial equality ?