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This Canadian Women's Army Corps recruitment poster (circa 1942) uses the symbolism of French heroine Joan of Arc for inspiration and calls on "the Spirit of Canada's Women."

Illustrated poster, colour. Women in uniforms march in rows. A glowing representation of French heroine Joan of Arc rides a horse behind them, holding her sword to the sky. — (Gordon K. Odell, Canadian War Museum, No. 19750251-008.)

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