Crowd forms in front of sign admonishing “One Can Only!”
Credit: Library of Congress
Major food items were rationed or in short supply. Metal had to be used to produce armaments. Travel was limited because gasoline and tires were rationed. Because cooking and shopping defined women’s roles, the war touched every woman.
Crowd forms in front of sign admonishing “One Can Only!”
Credit: Library of Congress
Applicants for sugar ration cards being
handled at the local school
Credit: Library of Congress
Ration books
Credit: Women’s Memorial Foundation
Poster urging women to voluntarily
comply with rationing programs
Credit: Library of Congress
WOMEN IN THE HOME AND COMMUNITY
RATIONING
Consumer goods were limited so that raw materials and factories could be devoted to supplying the military operations of the United States and its beleaguered Allies.
Crowd in line for sugar rations
Credit: National Archives
