Life — July 26, 1917 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page illustrates "Down on the Farm with the Women War-Workers" — likely from WWI era when women entered agricultural labor due to male conscription. The six vignettes humorously depict various farm activities: - **"Pigs is Pigs"**: Woman struggling with livestock - **"Milkin' Time"**: Dairy work - **"The Hired Woman"**: Women dining together (perhaps contrasting their newfound social roles) - **"The Old Swimming Hole"**: Recreation/leisure - **"Saturday Night"**: Social gathering with a heating stove The satire gently mocks women attempting unfamiliar farm labor while celebrating their wartime contributions. The cartoonish style emphasizes the physical comedy of urban or inexperienced women managing rural tasks — a common contemporary theme celebrating women's expanded wartime roles while maintaining lighthearted, somewhat condescending humor about their capabilities.