WWI, Miss America Reports for Service, 1918

"Entitled: "Help her carry on! National League for Women's Service". Poster shows a woman in uniform saying, "Miss America reports for service, Sir, " to Uncle Sam. In January, 1917 the National League for Woman's Service was created from the Woman's Department of the National Civic Federation readiness and relief activities. It was modeled on a similar group formed in Great Britain, the Voluntary Aid Detachments, and was formed at the National Security League Congress of Constructive Patriotism. The NLWS was predicated on a military-type regimen of training and drilling. When unrestricted submarine warfare was initiated by Germany in January, 1917, the NLWS accelerated their plans to register women and prepare them to take the place of men that would be needed for fighting. Some members of the NLWS wore uniforms and used military designations. They also spearheaded a registration campaign. Unlike the Woman's Committee of the Council of Defense, the NLWS was not dominated by pro-suffragists. Artist Charles Dana Gibson, 1918."

Restrictions Only for Ireland and United Kingdom

Enlist Enlistment Homefront Recruit Volunteers

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > PHR