Every Girl Pulling for Victory, Victory Girls, United War Work Campaign
Datec. 1918
Artist
Edward Penfield
(American painter, illustrator, 1866–1925)
Illustration CitationPoster issued by World War One Victory Girls of the United War Work Campaign
MediumCommercial lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 27 7/8 × 22 in. (70.8 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1977
Object number1977-156
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis young woman is a member of Victory Girls, an organization that was part of the larger United War Work Campaign, which facilitated soldiers' access to entertainments such as movies, museums, and gymnasiums throughout the country. The Campaign also secured invitations to homes, allowing soldiers to meet chaperoned girls, such as the wholesome subject of the poster. The goal was to safeguard the military from what were seen as the twin threats of immorality and venereal disease. 
