World War Ii and Propaganda Posters

When men left to fight in the war, companies started using propaganda to urge women to step up and take the men’s place. Some propaganda encouraged them to join the war by making the women believe that they could have a great impact on the soldier’s lives and possibly help the United States win the war quicker. One of the most famous

In 1914 the Great War, later known as World War I, erupted throughout Europe. With isolationism’s strong hold on the American government, it was not until 1917 that the United States entered the war on the side of the Allies. With this new challenge facing the United States, propaganda began to dominate the majority of images produced in the United States during this period. With the bulk of the male population overseas much of the propaganda was geared in the direction of women. Propaganda imagery during World War I emphasized women’s traditional roles in order to mobilize all women for the war effort. By appealing to traditional roles, war propaganda campaigns were able to mobilize women to help the war effort through economics and volunteering. However, the campaigns still enforced the old customary female ideals.

The idea behind the posters was to encourage American women to join war jobs which would in turn, contribute to the war efforts. One of the most famous propaganda posters aimed towards women from this time is J. Howard Miller’s We Can Do It! Rosie the Riveter-the strong, competent woman dressed in overalls and bandanna-was introduced as a symbol of patriotic womanhood. The idea of a factory setting, uniforms, and manual labor were incorporated into this idealized feminine idol. This says you can still be feminine and beautiful, but be strong and powerful. It brings it back to helping your community, the slogan of “We Can Do It!” Women can step up and take responsibility by getting a job and helping not on the battle lines, but here on the home front. This is encouraging woman to step up and take responsibility and do their part to help win the war. The concept behind the war propaganda used during WWII was to convey pressing problems at hand like food and other supply shortages for the soldiers, and the increasing need for help in the factories and farms. The women who were here not he home front would see these posters and be encouraged to do their part in helping with the

During World War II government agencies, businesses and private organizations issued an array of posters relating to the military front to the home front by calling duty upon every woman to boost production at work and home. Posters conveyed more than simple slogans in fact posters expressed goals and needs of who designed them. They united power of art with the power of advertising to promote the idea that industry and home were also arenas of war. These campaigns not only aimed to increase industrial productivity they also aimed to enlarge people’s view on responsibilities during wartime. In fact, posters are a pragmatic art, they connect client with designer, artist, copywriter, printer and distributor but in many cases this connection become

Propaganda, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is the “spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person.” The use of propaganda became very popular and successful in countries, such as Great Britain, Germany, and the U.S.A. It also proved that America was the largest producer of pro-war propaganda in the world. Propaganda posters were used commonly to encourage people to join and to make a difference. The posters suggested many ways for the people of the countries to be involved in the war, like suggesting that people should buy liberty bonds or military bonds in order to help the country financially, calling for men to fight and to go the front, drawing women to factories so that they can help with the shells of the bombs and sometimes with the guns, and

In chapter 7, they use posters to show how they grabbed Americans attention. The core values the posters displayed were to grab the attention of Americans by tell a powerful message and to get the message across the states. The posters would try to get the attention out by using someone or something famous and show people in war with writing on it. This would help get people’s attention and might help them be convinced to join the war somehow. Like joining the arm forces or to buy war bonds to help pay for the war. The second poster I believe is the most affective and sent a message. The massage on it is “Gee! I wish I were a man. I’d join the Navy. Be a man and do it. United States Navy recruiting station.” with a woman on it (Pg. 141). Just

Wartime relations can cause a country to get down as we saw in the United States during Vietnam to a point where a large portion of the public doesn’t support the war. One of the ways countries, like the United States, curb this is by creating propaganda. In World War II, the United States used the propaganda to get the public behind the war effort and to unite the country. This propaganda included posters to advertise,

J. Howard Miller designed the iconic image, “We Can Do It!” to inspire women to work harder, promote unity, and reduce absenteeism in Westinghouse factories in 1943. The company needed a solution to the volatility present in the factory at the time, the poster was one of many posters designed to do accomplish this goal. The war had removed the men from the workforce, and women were not used to working, their lives were in upheaval due to the war, and they were grossly underpaid. The combination of a strong woman and the bold text at the top of the image, “We can do it!” is still inspiring women seventy-five years later.

This poster caught my attention with the boldness of the colors of the image, the posture of the woman and the messages it sends both hinted at and stated .

The idea that I used for my poster was trying to encourage men, woman and children to help at home and in the war. I thought having a variety of ages could add importance to the poster. The techniques I’ve used for my poster was mass appeal, and bandwagon. I used mass appeal by including large images of soldiers, women, and children. I chose to use this technique so it would help many audiences become interested in it. I’ve used bandwagon by including “Join the road to victory” this is a very strong statement that almost acts like a command to the reader, thus making them feel guilty that soldiers are risking their lives to go save the country while they don’t participate. This strengthens the effect of my choice of including all ages and no specific audience.

During the 1940’s one half of the world was “cleansing” one another, while on the other side a new movement was beginning, spawning from fighting these ideals. Through this time "Rosie the Riveter" became a cultural icon, and more specifically the "We can do it" poster became a symbol of modern day feminism. From the time it was first painted, the world was shifting to a system with the belief that women can accomplish just as much as men in the workplace, and nothing portrays this more than Rosie flexing a bicep in her work clothes. Although the changes were not immediate, "Rosie" would play a major role in rights of the workplace.

The "We Can Do It” poster was a powerful symbol of women`s contribution to the WWII. The poster was used to propagandized women to take wartime labours but once the war was over, women had to give up their jobs, leaving them jobless with lesser money than men.

This photo became an American wartime propaganda poster called We Can Do It. It was taken by J. Howard Miller in 1943 for Westinghouse Electric as an inspirational image to raise worker morale (JJ Kimble). The poster was based on black and white service corporation on workforce. This poster shows a woman raising her sleeves and showing her muscle which symbolizes that she is ready for work. For this particular reason this poster is mostly known today as Rosie the Riveter, who has become an iconic figure that represents the strong female war production worker. The poster was also used to promote women rights equality and other political issues.

Another name for the “We Can Do it!” war poster would be Rosie the Riveter which speaks in a historical and social way. Back then, around World War II this poster was created in order to represent that women could replace men in the workforce because they can work just as well. Now a days, this poster turned into a feminist icon for the purpose of making women feel greater in many ways, especially when it comes to inequality.

Then, the artist is only responsible for himself; he selfishly only reflects life in small fragments, losing any sense of totality. War propaganda, another art form, belongs in the art category since it was created with the intention of having more than “ordinary significance.” The posters meant to incite a reaction in order to bring America into one cohesive unit and have everybody contribute to the war effort. One such poster effectively brought women to fill empty manufacturing jobs left by men when they left to serve in the war. This poster depicted Rosie the Riveter, a strong, independent woman dressed in overalls and a bandana, flexing her arm muscles while stating, “We Can Do It!” Rosie became a symbol of feminism and represented women’s economic power. The influence of this image spread to other countries, such as Britain, where similar images of women war workers appeared. The slogan tries to appeal to a woman’s morals and reminds female viewers to be patriotic by joining the working world and help contribute to the nation’s success in the World War II conflict. Furthermore, this poster has all the characteristics of a work of art. The artist, J. Howard Miller, used bold colors to catch the viewer’s eye. Rosie has an intense gaze that seems to reach into the viewer’s space, and her flexed arm points up, which directs the viewer’s gaze to her