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Description: | Concept: recruiting, women / womens work, civilian effort, agriculture / food, uniform, motor vehicles, empire / commonwealth Description: whole: the main image is positioned down the right half, with a smaller image placed in the upper left. The title is separate and located in the upper left, in green. The text is separate and positioned in the lower three-quarters, in green, in brown, and in white held within a green inset. All set against a white background. image: a full-length depiction of a member of the Women's Land Service wearing a brown uniform and smiling at the viewer. The smaller image is a depiction of another member of the Women's Land Service driving a tractor. She wears overalls and a hat, and gives the the two-fingered 'Victory' gesture. text: CALL TO FARMS WOMEN OF 17 YEARS AND OVER NEEDED FULL-TIME NOW TO ASSIST IN THE PRODUCTION OF 'FOOD FOR FREEDOM' Food in the biggest gun in the whole war. Food to feed our own people, Great Britain, our Allies ... food to strengthen our drive to victory ... food to help the United Nations write the peace. An urgent call is made to all women over 17 years of age irrespective of present occupation to apply to help our farmers increase their output on dairy and general farms everywhere. Already over 900 girls are fulfilling this valuable service. It's a healthy life and a vital war job. Full equipment is supplied you free, comprising smart Walking Out Dress and Greatcoat, Summer Overalls set, Heavy Weather kit, and with a special weekly allowance to cover replacements. The pay is good, free board and lodgings by employer or cash allowance made, no domestic work, fare paid to and from employment, plus three free fares each year to and from your home. Cash concession fares are available at other times. You get paid holidays each year, insurance against accident, a return to your old job at the end of the war ensured. Make up your mind NOW to help produce the 'Food for Freedom'. If you're 17 to 50 and in normal health - Join the WOMEN'S LAND SERVICE Full information and application forms from your local W.W.S.A. or District Manpower Officer, or write the Director of National Service, Box 165, Te Aro, Wellington. A HEALTHY LIFE AND A VITAL WAR JOB! Object: hat, steering wheel | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Publisher/Sponsor: Women's Land Service; Women's War Service Auxiliary | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5209... | Go to resource |
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