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Women at Home and in the Community
Recycling was a patriotic duty. Metals were a primary target of recycling drives. Waste paper was collected to make fuses and bones were processed into explosives. Lard replaced butter as women adapted recipes to deal with shortages of sugar and dairy products.
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Left, a woman is saving waste fats and greases from Below, wasting water was portrayed as unpatriotic
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Women were encouraged to grow food in Victory gardens and preserve their home grown vegetables. In 1944, 21 million families planted 7 million acres that yielded 8 million tons of vegetables. Victory Gardens were the answer to concerns about food shortages and the Department of Agriculture promoted growing vegetables.
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Left, children minding Victory Gardens.
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Photo Credits (L to R): #1-2: Library of Congress,
#3: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute, #4-6: Library of Congress
(c) Copyright National Women's History Museum 2007