I Am Woman

I AM WOMAN

Imagine you are a woman in Israel during the 1940s and 1950s. What kinds of jobs did you have?

Read the clue then click on the matching image in the poster

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1/8

I am...

a seamstress

2/8

I am...

a seamstress

a soldier

3/8

I am...

a seamstress

a soldier

a farmer

4/8

I am...

a seamstress

a soldier

a farmer

a teacher

4/8

I am...

a seamstress

a soldier

a farmer

a teacher

READY FOR MORE?

5/8

I am...

a traveler

6/8

I am...

a traveler

a childcarer

7/8

I am...

a traveler

a childcarer

a fashionista

8/8

I am...

a traveler

a childcarer

a fashionista

a chef

8/8

I am...

a traveler

a childcarer

a fashionista

a chef

WHICH MEANS....

Rooooaaaaarrr!

Congratulations - you can do anything

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This election poster from 1949 calls on women all over Israel to vote for the party of WIZO and the Union of Women for Equal Rights. The different jobs featured on the poster match not only the Zionist vision of equal employment – farmers, soldiers, teachers, police, nurses and cooks – but also traditional roles such as child care.

• What roles are missing from the poster?
• What is similar or different about women's roles today?
• Create a new poster to represent women's roles today.

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