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Color poster with a female nurse in a green military uniform smiling down at a man lying on a s…
From Now on It's Your Job
Color poster with a female nurse in a green military uniform smiling down at a man lying on a s…
Color poster with a female nurse in a green military uniform smiling down at a man lying on a stretcher

From Now on It's Your Job

Date1943–1945
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. 00.2010.172
Object number00.2010.172
DescriptionPoster, Political; Vertical color World War II propaganda poster. The image depicts a woman smiling at a male patient lying on a stretcher or litter. The man is lying on a white pillow and has a white blanket pulled up to his chest. The woman wears a green army uniform, and there is a medical bag at her feet. She has light skin and medium-dark hair. The man has light skin and dark hair. The background of the image has a cross symbol.

Text across the top of the poster reads "From now on it's your job" in black and red. Underneath the image, black and red text reads, "There is a place for every woman in this nurse crisis // Army nurse - Navy nurse - WAC hospital technician // Nurse's aide // Red Cross instructor // Cadet nurse // Home nursing student // Go to your local Nurse Recruitment Center Today // Distributed in cooperation with the Office of War Information".
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