This cartoon about the need for daycare highlights the fact that as more women with children entered the wartime manufacturing workforce during World War II, they sometimes made new demands on employers. In 1943, Federal funds provided for child care centers, although only a small percentage of war workers had access to them.
It's Either That, or Time off Until a Day Nursery is Organized
- ca. 1943
Description
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of War Information.
National Archives Identifier: 7452286
Full Citation: Cartoon 208-COM-568; It’s Either That, or Time off Until a Day Nursery is Organized; ca. 1943; Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston, ca. 1942 – ca. 1945; Records of the Office of War Information, Record Group 208; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/time-off-until-nursery-organized/, June 29, 2026]
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