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Description: | Concept: civilian personnel, civilian effort, women / womens work, costume / fashion, salvage, make do and mend, cartoons Description: whole: the four images are positioned in the upper right and lower two-thirds. The title is separate and placed in the upper quarter, in white. The text is separate and located in the lower three-quarters, in black. Further text is integrated and placed in the lower left and lower right, in black. The three lower images and text are held within a white inset. All set against a red background. image: the first image is a full-length depiction of a seated woman, manicuring her nails. An electric light and heater are switched by her side. The second image depicts the same woman, gesturing with her left thumb at a queue of shoppers standing behind her. The third image shows the woman throwing food and salvagable items into a rubbish bin. The final image is of a bouquet of roses. text: The Woman who wouldn't The Woman Who Wouldn't said, 'I Have a pretty good time on the sly, It's easy to cheat With light, petrol and heat, As for savings or work- I don't try.' The Woman Who Wouldn't said, 'Queues Are terribly hard on the shoes But Black Market shopping Is not. There's no stopping Me shopping wherever I choose.' DUST BIN The Woman Who Wouldn't said, 'Who Is smarter than I am ? -not you, Wasting time stopping waste- Why, I couldn't be faced With such wasteful, distasteful todo.' But all thanks to the women like You, To the millions who Would and who Do, Not selfishly spending, But saving and mending And working to see Britain through. Thanks a million REPRINT OF 'REPORT TO THE WOMEN OF BRITAIN' No. 12. ISSUED BY HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY FOSH and CROSS LTD., LONDON 51/3872 Object: waste bin, lamp, heater, bouquet | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Printer: Fosh and Cross Ltd, London Publisher/Sponsor: HMSO | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3398... | Go to resource |
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