Description: Women making boots during World War II in Zanesville, 1941-1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00050
Subjects: Muskingum County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor; Women--Employment; World War, 1939-1945--Women
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: This World War II poster shows a woman spraying an insect eating her tomatoes with pesticide with the message "Shoot to kill!" across the top and "Protect your victory garden" at the bottom. This poster type was designed to promote how civilians could contribute to the war effort by enlisting in the armed forces, buying bonds, and rationing food and gas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Series_2829_F27
Subjects: World War II; War posters; Propaganda; Daily life; Agriculture; World War, 1939-1945--Women
 

Description: Women's Army Corps members in uniform stand underneath the wing of a U.S. Army plane at Lockbourne Army Air Base, Columbus, Ohio. The public relations office of the Army Air Force School at Lockbourne provided the following photo caption: "Dress is right as these Air-Wacs [sic] of the Lockbourne Army Air Base stand at attention directly underneath a Douglas Dauntless. Reading from left to right, they are: Sgt. Louise Ruffini of Oceanport, N.J.; Cpl. Doris Todd of San Francisco, Calif.; Cpl. Winifred Wilson of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Cpl. Barbara Moon of Yakima, Washington." The facility was originally opened in June 1942 as Lockbourne Army Airfield (named after the nearby village of Lockbourne, Ohio) as a World War II pilot training airfield. It was then named the Northeastern Training Center of the Army Air Corps and provided basic pilot training and military support. It is now Rickenbacker International Airport. The training center also provided B-17 flight training to the WASPS (Women Airforce Service Pilots) and training for glider pilots in the CG-4A Waco glider. The Douglas SBD Dauntless was a naval scout plane and dive bomber manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05664
Subjects: United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; World War, 1939-1945--Women; Women--Military service--1940-1950; Ohio--History, Military; Rickenbacker International Airport; Douglas Dauntless (Dive bomber)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three women assembling a fuel tank at the Youngstown Steel Door Company during World War II, 1941-1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00043
Subjects: Mahoning County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor; World War, 1939-1945--Women; Women--Employment
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a woman operating a drill at the Youngstown Steel Door Company during World War II, 1941-1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00048
Subjects: Mahoning County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor; World War, 1939-1945--Women; Women--Employment
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This poster was produced during World War II with the slogan, "Shoot to Kill! Protect Your Victory Garden". During the war people were encouraged to plant their own gardens to increase the country's food supply. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02633
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Women; Ohio Economy--Agriculture
 

Description: This poster was produced during World War II with the slogan, "Am I Proud, I'm Fighting Famine by Canning Food at Home." During the war people were encouraged to grow and can vegetables to increase the country's food supply. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02645
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Women; Ohio Economy--Agriculture
 

Description: This poster was produced during World War II with the slogan, "Can All You Can, It's a Real War Job." During the war people were encouraged to grow and can vegetables to increase the country's food supply. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02646
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Women; Ohio Economy--Agriculture
 

Description: This poster was produced during World War II with the slogan, "We'll Have Lots to Eat this Winter, Won't We Mother? Grow Your Own, Can Your Own ." During the war people were encouraged to grow and can vegetables to increase the country's food supply. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02647
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Women; Ohio Economy--Agriculture
 

Description: This World War II poster shows women working in aircraft, medical, and other fields in the military, and reads "Women of the Allies...Fight for Freedom." Flags of the Allied countries are pictured on the left side. Posters like this one were produced by the federal government, and some by the State of Ohio, to encourage young women to contribute to the war effort by enlisting in the armed forces. Others encouraged the American people to contribute by buying war bonds and rationing food and gas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1222_F7_08
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Posters; War posters--Ohio, Allied Forces; Women
Places: England
 

Description: A woman defense worker during World War II is using an inspection table made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio. She is inspecting .50 cal. machine gun ammunition shells before they are loaded with powder and bullet. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00982
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Women; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: St. Louis (Missouri)
 

Description: Portrait of Birdie Schmidt (later Birdie Schmidt Larrick) painted by Arthur Olsen, who was the artist of the portrait on the "Birdie Schmidt" ARC B-24 Liberator. During World War II, Columbus native Birdie Schmidt Larrick (1919-2009) became the only woman serving in the Red Cross to have an American bomber named after her. In early December 1943, Birdie traveled to the Air Base in Wendling, England, as program director of the American Red Cross (ARC) Aero Club. Also stationed in Wendling was the 392nd Bombardment Group (BG), which moved to the base in August 1943 and was assigned to the 8th Air Force. As program director, and later as director, Birdie’s responsibilities included managing the Aero Club staff, organizing programs and events for the enlisted men and officers, and managing the club's supplies for soldiers. Because of her popularity among the men at the base, the 392nd named a B-24 Liberator the “Birdie Schmidt ARC” in her honor. A portrait of Birdie’s face was painted on one side of the bomber with the symbol for the Red Cross on the other. The plane flew missions from August 1944 until it was shot down in February 1945. That same year, Birdie joined the ARC Cinemobile and performed with the 7th Army Special Service Shows before returning home in November of 1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1528_B01F04_01
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Women; American Red Cross; United States Air Force; Military aircraft;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Wendling (England)