Poster for the Girl Reserves of the Y.W.C. A.
date: label: Date made
content: 1918
name: label: associated institution
content: Young Women's Christian Association
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) poster, 1918, with a lithograph of a young lady, wearing blue bloomers and loose white navy-style blouse, tossing a basketball against a light blue background. The artist is Elizabeth Morris Poucher. The Girl Reserve program began in the 1900s to support World War One efforts fostering "patriotic war work" by young girls. Posters like this were supported by the Committee on Public Information, a government agency charged with creating enthusiasm for war efforts. The Girl Reserves proved to be the most popular club program in the YWCA organization. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Reserves became a way to incorporate minorities into the organization's activities.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: web subject
content: Civic Associations
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Basketball
label: web subject
content: Women
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0879.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0879
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0879.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster
label: Object Name
content: poster, basketball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: canvas (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 in x 20 in; 76.2 cm x 50.8 cm