Our Arms Will Be Yours / Nuestros Brazos Sernan Los Vuestros

Juana Francisca & José Bardasano. Issued by the Union of Young Women. Juana Francisca and José Bardasano, both artists working on behalf of the Spanish Republic, were also married. The poster gives the name of the sponsoring organization in both Spanish (Union de Muchachas) and Catalan (Aliana de la Dona Jove). The caption and image together suggest that, while the men below are away fighting, the women's arms will be extensions of the men's. In other words, the women will keep the factories running. Thus the promise reassures and builds the morale of the men at the bottom of the poster who are heading for the front.

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