Minute Women Ad

Minute Women Ad

World War I

The government hoped to attract new workers to defense plants with patriotic messages. In 1918, military airplanes circled Seaside Park and dropped thousands of cards urging women to go to work for Uncle Sam. This was followed by 3,000 "Minute Women" knocking on doors all over the city, taking a census of available women and urging them to go to work. They placed a thousand women in jobs, but fell short of their goal, since most of the women who wanted to work were already in the factories.

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

September 23, 1918