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In September of 1940 the United States issued the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940. This required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. By the end of the war 10 million men were inducted into the military. Uncle Sam Poster
Artist: James Montgomery Flagg (American illustrator, painter, and author, 1877-1960)
Issued by U.S. Army Recruiting Publicity Bureau (American Founded 1919)
1941
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Although the United States began aiding the allies in September of 1940 they did not officially enter the war until December of 1941. The United States government passed the Lend-Lease Act which allowed the U.S. to send any necessary war supplies to any country that is important to the defense of the United States. Title: Lend-Lease Act (1941)
Passed on March 11, 1941
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This is Rosie the Riveter who was an iconic symbol of women working in industrial and factory type jobs while the men were away during WW2.
Title: We Can Do It Rosie the Riviter
No publisher identified 1942-1943
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Between 1940 and 1945 5 million women entered the workforce. Because soo many men were away at war a labor shortage had to be filled by women. Women began to work in industrial and factory positions for example these two African American women who worked as welders in Connecticut. Title: New Britain, Connecticut. Women welders at the Landers, Frary, and Clark plant
Creator: Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006 photographer
Published June 1946
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