Great Britain Not To Waste Time Poster

During World War one, the United States Navy Recruiting Bureau, and the United States Treasury Department each commissioned posters featuring women who encouraged citizens to participate in the war effort. The two posters, despite being intended for the same purpose, depict women in particularly contrasting light. Analysis of the contrasting war posters can help illustrate society’s perspective about women during the early 1900’s, their expected roles pertaining to the war effort, the strategies used to engage citizens and encourage them to become involved, and the use of imagery and symbolism that were used to achieve the posters’ objective.

During time of war propaganda was spreading telling women that it was their time to shine in the world of work. Posters, film, and radio were primary sources of using propaganda. A famous propaganda poster is one called Rosie the Riveter showing a woman flexing her

As young men responded to their call of duty and enlisted in the armed services, this left the American war industry with a severe labor shortage. With so few men left to satisfy the labor needs, a call went out to women to fill this void. However, the initial response to this request was not satisfactory . As a result, the government devised a propaganda enriched advertising campaign to motivate the masses of women by appealing to their sense of patriotism as well as telling women their labor efforts would help end the war and bring soldiers home more

To assure men that war would not make women too masculine, some factories gave female employees lessons in how to apply makeup, and cosmetics were never rationed during the war. Keeping American women looking their best was important to the average citizen in the 1940’s. However everything changed with a fictitious character that was a voice for every woman in the workforce. The strong yet feminine Rosie became one of the most successful recruitment poster in American history, and the most iconic image of working women. In movies, newspapers, posters, photographs and Saturday Evening Post cover, Rosie the Riveter showed the patriotic need for women to enter the workforce—and they did, in huge numbers.This drawing helped women feel more confident and strong enough to do whatever men can do. A cartoonist Paul S. Snyder also had a cartoon that emphasized and ridiculed women saying how one worker did not know it was a lady working. Cartoons like this made ladies feel weak and inferior, but the “rosie the Riveter” help empower women. This simple picture which was not expected to become such an important part of propaganda and women’s right inspired and motivated woman all over America to step up and believe they can do anything. This simple picture of a lady raising her arm is still an impact in the world today as it was in World War

The legendary “We Can Do It” poster was created by the magnificent graphic artist J. Howard Miller in 1942. The poster featuring Geraldine Hoff Doyle first appeared during World War II in Westinghouse factories before making its way to the streets of popular cities for everyday people to see. Rosie the Riveter was advertised all over America. There was not one American woman who could not identify the illustrious riveter. In today’s times, there still remain countless Americans that are acquainted with her notorious slogan, face and posture. Everyone knows the importance that Rosie the Riveter left on the culture. However, numerous people may have overlooked some significant signs of empowerment in the poster that also contributed to her legendary

Posters became propaganda instruments and were also used to encourage army enlistment and to sell war bonds.”(Posters, 2015, para. 9) Men had the roles to be soldiers in war. This showed as a recurring theme featured in propaganda posters. Women in propaganda were asked to volunteer for the Red Cross. “Other women helped procure enormous amounts of medical supplies and then forward them to their destinations” (Ebbert & Hall, 2002, p.43). With women in the service, new regulations, and uniforms had to be made (Ebbert & Hall, 2002, p.27). “Evidently some navy men did not think that going to sea and perhaps getting shot at was as desirable as staying ashore, which might account, at least in part, for the disdain, offensive remarks, and downright meanness that some women met” (Ebbert & Hall, 2002,

During the war period the government had to ensure that they could enlist as many men as possible to join the war effort so propaganda techniques were used to encourage men to join. Source B2 shows a propaganda poster which, these types of posters were created with the interpretation that men were not joining the war as they were cowards. The source is from recruiting pamphlet for the king Shropshire light infantry in 1915. The target of using children to provoke beliefs of cochies is deemed through the propaganda poster. The interpretation is based on the government point of view in persuading men to change their thought about the war, through the propaganda poster we are deemed that men had to sense guilt and embarrassment towards their children, as what would your children think of you, as a starter of their country, would they be proud of the beliefs you embraced. As being propaganda poster is exaggerates within the source which compromises the reliability as it forces men to join the war and abscond the beliefs which contradict their policy of life. However being a primary interpretation it deems negative effects because the poster forces men to feel guilt and embarrassment through the concept of family.

Social construction through media formed and emphasized the common ideas of where women and men belonged in the early 20th century. Many posters and postcards portrayed places that seemed exclusively for men such as open trenches with burning flames, pictures with barbaric wires, and wilderness. In a sense, these settings seemed adventurous and sought to encourage men to join the war and send the overall message that the front was a place explicitly for men. The traditional representation of men at war also brought about its opposition of ideas that women belonged at home. The propaganda tactics intelligently used uniformed women to appeal to men and ultimately shame them into enlisting. In Figure 1, a British propaganda poster shows a long line of men which all appear to be going to war. In big bold blue letters it is written, “STEP INTO YOUR PLACE .” This first shows the pressures put on men to join the war by claiming that war is specifically a place where all men belong. Secondly, the absence of women in the poster shows that women did not belong on the battlefront. Many poster cards depicted soldiers living outdoors in open trenches. Portrayed as war zones, these pictures sent an overall message that these dangerous places were furthermore exclusively for men. These messages reinforced the traditional ideas of where women belonged; and further emphasized that

The first piece of propaganda that is used depicts a few British citizens behind the British flag, with an outline of the country on it. One of the types of persuasion it uses is the bandwagon appeal, which convinces others to join or do whatever the propaganda is suggesting, because others are doing it. Patriotism is used as well. Great Britain's flag and the country itself is on the paper, making it patriotic.

the war but by 1918, people were disillusioned with it? Propaganda (persuasive words or images

This poster is from the American allies in World War 2. It displays collecting scrap materials for the war effort. The poster’s intended audience is American children because it would be extremely appealing to them as it displays Captain America who was a very popular super hero. It also displays kids on the poster helping Captain America which will inspire them to help out too. The poster will inspire children to collect as many scrap materials they can for the war effort as drives for metals were crucial back then to help construct weapons for war. The two methods of persuasion that the poster presents are bandwagon and testimonial. It is bandwagon because it inspires children to see them in themselves because they see children helping collect

Propaganda can be seen as any information of a biased or misleading nature that is used to promote a political point of view. The oversized warning with an exclamation mark in a red box on the propaganda suddenly captures the reader’s mind; as the reader gazes at the propaganda they read, “our homes are in danger now!” The propagandas goal is to tell the citizens of the United Stated that there homes are in danger; the symbols used in the propaganda are two army men, one from German and one from Japan, looking at the North America, on the globe, with warfare in there hands. The slogan they use is, “our job, keep’em firing,” intended for the American workers to keep manufacturing the warfare supply. This propaganda elicit an emotional response

Source F is a propaganda poster which is encouraging women to enrol as a munitions worker. This meant that women were responsible of the production of guns and ammunition for the soldiers. The job given is a very important aspect of England’s hope of flourishing during the War. Seeing as if the soldiers were not given enough or correct weapons then the chance of death on the battle field was a lot more likely. This poster was produced by the government. The fact that the government were encouraging women to take on such an important task could be sign of how much they needed women’s aid to get through the time of the war, or it could mean that women were not getting significantly involved with the war so they had to be persuaded. Source F was produced in 1916 which was two years after the war began, this could be an indication of how Great Britain was suffering and needed more help. Source F may explain how women’s help was needed in the war but it doesn’t

Propaganda posters were a key tool used in the spread of government rhetoric during the second world war. The purpose of this poster was to influence women to join the army and appeal to their inner feeling of pride. The historical context of this poster depicts women as being powerful fighters who are fully capable of joining the military and supporting the war effort. The image depicts women as having the strength and spirit of their “inner warrior”. The title, “l’inspiration des femmes du Canada” is displayed prominently on the image and suggests that, by joining the army, the women of Canada were following in the footsteps of every female hero before them. However, the poster also glamorizes the reality of war and further reinforces women’s

These posters sought to raise the morale of the British population suffering the effects of war and feared a German invasion. Unfortunately, the bombing of London by the