Jenny McMillen Sweeney, subject matter expert for records relating to #WomensHistory at the National Archives, discusses posters published by the United States government during WWII hoping to encourage women to join the workforce. They appealed to women's sense of patriotism and enabled them to feel that they, too, could play a part in winning the war.

View the posters in the National Archives Catalog:
"We can do it!" https://catalog.archives.gov/id/535413
"Good work, sister. America's women have met the test!" https://catalog.archives.gov/id/514416
"O.K. solider! We'll do our part!" https://catalog.archives.gov/id/515109
"You bet I'm fighting too!" https://catalog.archives.gov/id/516204
"You, too, are needed in a war job! Work in a food processing plant." https://catalog.archives.gov/id/516235
"Produce for victory!" https://catalog.archives.gov/id/515219