Fighting Men Need Nurses
Dublin Core
Title
Fighting Men Need Nurses
Subject
US World War II nursing recruitment poster
Description
This poster is a typical recruitment poster for the period, aiming to grab the attention of viewers by showing the heroic deeds nurses do on the front, and by capturing interest through exemplifying the desperation of wounded American soldiers for help from nurses. This image is melodramatic, and the nurse is dressed in an impractical, clean outfit, with perfect hair and makeup, in the middle of a battlefield. As shown by other photos on this website, this was not the norm for nursing life in World War II, yet the media continued to advertise for recruitment in this way.
Creator
Jon Whitcomb, 1906-1988
Source
Wikimedia Commons File Page: "Fighting Men Need Nurses": https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Fighting_Men_Need_Nurses%22_-_NARA_-_514253.jpg
Publisher
US National Archives and Records Administration Office for 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/514253
Date
Accessed 3/17/2020
Rights
Public Domain
Format
Digitized colorized poster image, size 405 X 599 pixels, 778 KB, saved as a JPG file
Language
English
Type
Digitized poster
Identifier
US Nursing Recruitment Poster World War II
Coverage
US nurses of World War II, US propaganda of World War II, US women in World War II
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Colorized propaganda recruitment poster from World War II
Collection
Citation
Jon Whitcomb, 1906-1988, “Fighting Men Need Nurses,” US Nurses in World War II, accessed April 16, 2024, https://usnursesww2.omeka.net/items/show/13.