7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker.

7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker.

The source presented here, at first glance, is a simple photograph of a child from the 1900s. This photograph was taken by photographer Lewis Wickes Hine in 1913. Hine was a photographer during the Progressive Era who was known for documenting the lives of the...
Anti-Suffrage: A Male and Female Perspective

Anti-Suffrage: A Male and Female Perspective

The image presented here shows a disheartened man attending to domestic chores since his wife is a suffragette, portraying the core of anti-suffrage thought. Anti-suffrage was a drive to turn away from the suffrage movement and found its place in many aspects and...
Soldiers Without Guns

Soldiers Without Guns

Soldiers Without Guns Adolph Treidler’s “Soldiers Without Guns” was created in 1944 and published by the Government Printing Office to contribute to propaganda spread during World War II, which encouraged women to join the workforce[1]. The poster showcases three...
Women: There’s Work to be Done and a War to be Won … Now!

Women: There’s Work to be Done and a War to be Won … Now!

The primary source is a poster that was created in 1944 and it is titled “Women: There’s work to be done and a war to be won … Now! See your U.S. Employment Service // Vernon Grant for OWI.” The cartoon is showing women working on and building the word “Women” as well...