NOTES on WWII Homefront http://www.minibite.com/oldies/boogiewoogie.htm

War Productions Board – tell factories WHAT to produce War Mobilization War Productions Board – tell factories WHAT to produce “the great arsenal of democracy”

Arsenal of Democracy

War Productions Board – tell factories WHAT to produce War Mobilization War Productions Board – tell factories WHAT to produce “the great arsenal of democracy” Office of Price Administration – control wages, distribution, and prices ration oil, rubber, and tin Plant victory gardens

rationing

Scrap Drives

Victory Gardens

3. Office of War information - encouraged support of war Sold Bonds = certificate promises to pay the buyer back the purchase amt plus interest later (SUMMARIZE ME)

Paying for the War

Bond Drives

3. Office of War information: encouraged support of war Bonds… Propaganda: gov advertisement

What symbols, if any, are used in the poster… what do they represent? Who do you think is the intended audience? What does the government hope the audience will do? Is this poster effective, why-why not?

What symbols, if any, are used in the poster… what do they represent? Who do you think is the intended audience? What does the government hope the audience will do? Is this poster effective, why-why not?

What symbols, if any, are used in the poster… what do they represent? Who do you think is the intended audience? What does the government hope the audience will do? Is this poster effective, why-why not?

What symbols, if any, are used in the poster… what do they represent? Who do you think is the intended audience? What does the government hope the audience will do? Is this poster effective, why-why not?

Domestic Propaganda

4. Sunbelt = revived southern region http://thinkorthwim.com/2007/08/19/1034/ 4. Sunbelt = revived southern region Lockheed – defense plant 5. WWII Ends unemployment and Depression

Social Changes Rosie the Riveter: 6 million women (MARRIED) work!

While other girls attend their fav’rite cocktail bar Sipping Martinis, munching caviar There’s a girl who’s really putting them to shame Rosie is her name All the day long whether rain or shine She’s a part of the assembly line She’s making history, working for victory Rosie the Riveter Keeps a sharp lookout for sabotage Sitting up there on the fuselage That little frail can do more than a male will do Rosie the Riveter Rosie’s got a boyfriend, Charlie Charlie, he’s a Marine Rosie is protecting Charlie Working overtime on the riveting machine When they gave her a production “E” She was as proud as a girl could be There’s something true about Red, white, and blue about Rosie the Riveter Everyone stops to admire the scene Rosie at work on the B-Nineteen She’s never twittery, nervous or jittery Rosie the Riveter What if she’s smeared full of oil and grease Doing her bit for the old Lendlease She keeps the gang around They love to hang around Rosie the Riveter Rosie buys a lot of war bonds That girl really has sense Wishes she could purchase more bonds Putting all her cash into national defense Senator Jones who is “in the know” Shouted these words on the radio Berlin will hear about Moscow will cheer about Rosie the Riveter!

Join the Women’s Army Corps

Women’s Army Air Corps Pilots

Female War Photographer

“What should we do - send the boys returning from WAR back to the kitchen?”

Women in Uniform

2. “Double V Campaign” – victory against dictators and discrimination A Philip Randolph – threatens march on Washington Demands end to discrimination in gov FDR fears protest will undermine war effort Executive Order 8802: demands fair hiring practices in gov jobs Inc membership in NAACP and CORE (congress of racial equality)

"Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within "Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship.“ - A. Philip Randolph

Education for Death