![]() © Sally Edelstein and Envisioning The American Dream, 2016. ![]() Since no one wanted to be accused of having lax dietary choices which became synonymous with being unpatriotic, Americans unanimously agreed: “We shall cheerfully deny ourselves.” Next Pt II: I Pledge Allegiance When the first pledge drive began in late October, Sadie answered Uncle Sam’s call to canvass her Brooklyn neighborhood and collect pledge cards. ![]() “Women,” she exclaimed, “must set the tone for the household conservation.” It was time for women to mobilize These patriotic pledges were directed specifically too rally the middle class housewife and played an integral role in producing social pressure to promise to have one wheat-less day a week, one wheatless meal a day, one meatless day a week and one meatless meal each day and then to hang cards attesting to their oath ( “the service tag of American women”) The pledge card was used to make people feel a moral obligation to stay true to the ideals of the FA and conserve food. One way that Hoover was able to coerce people into volunteer conservation efforts was to sign a pledge card. Finally Miss Smith emphasized the key element of Uncle Sam’s program.
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