American Decades
"Jenny on the Job—Steps ahead with Low Heels"
Poster
By: U.S. Public Health Service
Date: c. 1941–1945
Source: Office for Emergency Management, Office of War Information, Domestic Operations Branch, Bureau of Special Services. "Jenny on the Job—Steps ahead with Low Heels." c. 1941–1945. National Archives, College Park, Md. Records of the Office of Government Reports. Record Group 44. Available online at http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/arch_results_detail.jsp?&pg=... ; website home page: http://www.archives.gov (accessed April 18, 2003).
About the Organization: The U.S. government actively encouraged the entry of women into the workforce during World War II. A series of posters published by the Federal Security Agency and U.S. Public Health Service, among other agencies,...
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1940's Lifestyles and Social Trends Primary Sources
- "I'd Rather Not Be on Relief"
- Letter to Jesse O. Thomas
- "Yellow Men of Mars"
- "Jenny on the Job—Steps ahead with Low Heels"
- "Lead Kindly Light"
- Betty Grable Bathing Suit Pinup
- World War II Ration Stamp Books
- Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year
- A Guide for All-American Girls
- The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde
- Wartime Conservation Posters
- The Fountainhead
- Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
- "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region"
- Levittown, New York
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
