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Are you a girl with a Star-Spangled heart?

Poster
1943 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bradshaw Crandell was well known for his cover-girl illustrations for 'Cosmopolitan' magazine. Here he lends the same glamorous appeal to the Women's Army Corps. Posters such as this sought to reassure society that women would not lose their femininity by putting on a uniform. They maintained a stylistic continuity with familiar commercial images of women. This reinforced the government's stance that wartime occupations were temporary and would not fundamentally change women's traditional roles.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAre you a girl with a Star-Spangled heart? (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Are you a girl with a Star-Spangled heart?' World War II poster recruiting for the Women's Army Corps, issued by the Recruiting Publicity Bureau, United States Army, 1943
Physical description
Full colour bust portrait of a glamourous brunette in khaki-coloured military uniform. American flag waving in the background. Red, white, and blue are predominant colours.
Dimensions
  • Height: 96.5cm
  • Width: 64cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Are you a girl with a/ Star-Spangled heart? (printed across two lines in blue, upper margins of poster)
  • JOIN THE WAC NOW!/ Women's Army Corps/ United States Army (printed in white on red)
  • Thousands of army jobs need filling! (printed in blue on white, lower left corner)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
Summary
Bradshaw Crandell was well known for his cover-girl illustrations for 'Cosmopolitan' magazine. Here he lends the same glamorous appeal to the Women's Army Corps. Posters such as this sought to reassure society that women would not lose their femininity by putting on a uniform. They maintained a stylistic continuity with familiar commercial images of women. This reinforced the government's stance that wartime occupations were temporary and would not fundamentally change women's traditional roles.
Other number
LS.470 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Accession number
E.56-2004

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Record createdJune 23, 2004
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