One of the Thousand Y.M.C.A. Girls in France

One of the Thousand Y.M.C.A. Girls in France
One of the Thousand Y.M.C.A. Girls in France

One of the Thousand Y.M.C.A. Girls in France

Date1918
Artist (American artist, illustrator, and sculptor, 1888–1949)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for YMCA campaign
MediumColor lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 27 5/8 × 42 in. (70.2 × 106.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-371
On View
On view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextNeysa McMein was known primarily for her images of serenely beautiful women on magazine covers. Here, her subject appeals for support of The United War Work Campaign, which combined several organizations, such as the YMCA, into one large drive charged with raising funds for the war in 1918.

During the war, McMein traveled to the European front to entertain injured soldiers with drawing demonstrations. Like other women artists who served in various roles in World War I, along with all American women, McMein contributed her talents while being denied suffrage at home.


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