Are you a girl with a Star-Spangled heart?
Poster
1943 (made)
1943 (made)
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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
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| Title | Are 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 created | June 23, 2004 |
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