Carmen Miranda leading a war bonds drive with Mary Ellen Gleason, a Chevronette, at the Victory House on Pershing...

Carmen Miranda leading a war bonds drive with Mary Ellen Gleason, a Chevronette, at the Victory House on Pershing Square in Los Angeles, 1942. The Chevronettes were women signed up by Standard Oil Company to be part of the company's home front morale-raising and promotional war efforts. They were typically beauty queens and fresh-faced starlets who worked with celebrities to raise money during World War II.