A Shortage of Nurses
Dublin Core
Title
A Shortage of Nurses
Subject
US World War II Nursing Recruitment Poster
Description
While this recruitment poster seems a bit melodramatic, it is likely one of the few most realistic recruitment posters that circulated during the war. The nurse on this poster looks tired, overwhelmed, and is dressed in olive drab with no skirt in site, just pants. This is a much more accurate depiction of what most nurses were dealing with at war, contrary to some of the other posters displayed in this collection, such as the image of the nurse dressed in white, holding the wounded soldier, gazing dramatically up at the audience.
Creator
Unknown Author
Source
Wikimedia Commons File Page: "More nurses are needed": https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22More_nurses_are_needed%5E_All_women_can_help_-_learn_how_you_can_aid_in_army_hospitals%22_-_NARA_-_513648.jpg
Publisher
US National Archives and Records Administration Office of Emergency Management, Office of War Information, Domestic Operations Branch, Bureau of Special Services, Series: World War II Posters, 1942-1945: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/513648
Date
Accessed 3/17/2020
Rights
Public Domain
Format
Digitized colorized poster image, size 2,028 X 3,000 pixels, 785 KB, saved as a PNG file
Language
English
Type
Digitized poster
Identifier
US Nurses Needed Propaganda World War II
Coverage
US World War II nurses, US World War II recruitment posters, US military history, home-front US World War II
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Colorized propaganda poster for recruiting nurses in World War II
Collection
Citation
Unknown Author, “A Shortage of Nurses,” US Nurses in World War II, accessed May 7, 2024, https://usnursesww2.omeka.net/items/show/12.