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You Are Wanted Too! Join the A.T.S

Poster
1939 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This early recruitment poster for the Auxilery Territorial Service (A.T.S) aimed to show how women could be just as much a part of the military war effort as men. The A.T.S. was the women's branch of the British Army. This female soldier is dressed in military uniform and her marching steps are echoed in the column of male soldiers marching in line behind. In reality, at the start of the war A.T.S members were mainly employed as cooks, cleaners and secretaries as they were banned from battle. Later in the war, members of the ATS were called on as radar operators and to form part of anti-aircraft crews.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleYou Are Wanted Too! Join the A.T.S (generic title)
Materials and techniques
lithograph printed on paper
Brief description
'You Are Wanted Too! Join the A.T.S', Second World War poster; London, 1939
Physical description
poster, lithograph printed in colour depicting a female in military dress marching, in the background there is a column of male soldiers marching, set against a red bacgound with a blue banner at the top with text
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
YOU ARE WANTED TOO!/ JOIN THE A.T.S
Associations
Summary
This early recruitment poster for the Auxilery Territorial Service (A.T.S) aimed to show how women could be just as much a part of the military war effort as men. The A.T.S. was the women's branch of the British Army. This female soldier is dressed in military uniform and her marching steps are echoed in the column of male soldiers marching in line behind. In reality, at the start of the war A.T.S members were mainly employed as cooks, cleaners and secretaries as they were banned from battle. Later in the war, members of the ATS were called on as radar operators and to form part of anti-aircraft crews.
Collection
Accession number
E.620-2014

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Record createdJune 19, 2014
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