Minimum standards for employment of women in industry.

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Checkerboard chart of alternating white and shaded boxes. Each box contains text indicating various standards which should be met in workplaces for women, some with line drawings. In the middle of the poster is the seal of the U.S. Dept. of Labor, Women's Bureau. Centered on the lower half of the chart is an orange box containing text describing the mission of the Women's Bureau.

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1 poster : col. ; 97 x 72 cm.

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United States. Women's Bureau. 1940.

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  • Main Title: Minimum standards for employment of women in industry.
  • Series Title: American War Posters

Description

Checkerboard chart of alternating white and shaded boxes. Each box contains text indicating various standards which should be met in workplaces for women, some with line drawings. In the middle of the poster is the seal of the U.S. Dept. of Labor, Women's Bureau. Centered on the lower half of the chart is an orange box containing text describing the mission of the Women's Bureau.

Physical Description

1 poster : col. ; 97 x 72 cm.

Notes

Text in orange box in center: "The Women's Bureau was created by Congress to formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment, and is authorized to investigate and report upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of employed women."

In bottom margin of poster:
"U.S. Government Printing Office"
"For sale by Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. Price 10 cents"

Listed in 1940 Monthly Catalog, p. 1620. According to the Monthly Catalog entry, this is a 1940 reprint with slight changes.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: Database No. 201
  • Government Documents No.: L 13.9:ST 2/1-4
  • Call Number: Posters WW2 WB 1
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc475

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World War Poster Collection

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World War Two Collection

These materials focus on World War II and the immediate postwar period of the late 1940s. In addition to materials created during the time period, materials may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.

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  • 1940

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  • June 12, 2006, 8:13 p.m.

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  • Oct. 8, 2015, 6:14 p.m.

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United States. Women's Bureau. Minimum standards for employment of women in industry., poster, 1940; [Washington D.C.]. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc475/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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