A women participating in a 1942 war conservation campaign that asked for donated stockings. These materials were re-purposed into powder bags that the US Navy used to propel missile projectiles.
Trümmerfrauen, German “rubble women”, cleared post-WWII city debris and were given extra ration cards for their efforts. Cities like Dresden and Berlin were slowly restored by women who were only given basic tools and used their bare hands for this hard labor.
Today, Americans celebrate the service of our men and women. This U.S. Navy WWII recruitment poster illustrated the personification of freedom. She is manifested in the form of Lady Liberty.