Women, War and the Home Front


Food--don't waste it, World War I poster, ca. 1917

Food--don't waste it, World War I poster, ca. 1917
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Maine Historical Society

The government's Committee on Public Information supplied pamphlets about the war effort, speakers called "Four-Minute Men" who discussed the war and what civilians could do, and a variety of other advertising and propaganda to garner public support.

Another thing households -- and particularly women -- could do was conserve food so that the larger stores of provisions could go overseas.

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