The 1943 Guide to Hiring Women primary source is alike to the previous source because it provides male supervisors with insight on how to handle their female employees. This source contains eleven tips on getting more efficiency out of women employees. The opposition that women faced is apparent through this document. The eighth suggestion provided states the following: “Give every girl an adequate number of rest periods during the day. You have to make some allowances for feminine psychology. A girl has more confidence and is more efficient if she can keep her hair tidied, apply fresh lipstick and wash her hands several times a day.”
The quote incomparably presents the issues that women faced, which was that they were less capable…show more content… The first primary source that will be discussed is one that is one of the most well-known propaganda pieces of the time; the piece is “We Can Do It!” This poster, also known as Rosie the Riveter, is arguably one of the most prominent and most recognizable propaganda pieces ever created. There are many different interpretations of the poster, but what we do know is that the piece was created to draw women into the workforce to replace men in their vacant jobs, so that there were more workers towards the war efforts. This poster is positive and motivated women to join the workforce for the first time ever before in history. Although, some people believe the poster was encouraging the stereotypes of women, this is categorized as positive source for this paper because it shows that women could do the hard laborious jobs and that they were capable of the same things as men. The words “We Can Do It” on the piece are important because they show that women are capable of doing anything, but in this poster it illustrates that women are capable of achieving success. This poster was also released at the beginning of the war efforts and it was the start of a revolution for women’s place in the workforce. The next primary source is a…show more content… T. McNarney from John Martyn is another example of the positive outlook of women in the workforce. This letter has a pamphlet enclosed called “You’re Going to Employ Women,” which is the name of the source. The advertisement is similar to the two other guides previously discussed, but this one differs because it has an optimistic view of women and that they can be just as successful as men in the workforce. The brochure contains the following about how women can thrive just as men in the workforce: “ In some respects women workers are superior to men. Properly hired, properly trained, properly handled, new women employees are splendidly efficient workers.” The quote acknowledges that there were some people who believed that women were more then capable of having a job and could prosper in the workforce. This primary source provides understanding of the attitudes of women that wouldn’t be able to be grasped through another type of source because it has first hand the beliefs that some people believed in women. The next primary source is similar to propaganda but differs because is textual not pictorial. This source is “To the Women of Mobile” and it expresses the positive and ambitious attitude towards