"Good work, sister" "We never figured you could do a man-size job!" America's women have met the test!
A male factory worker eats his lunch beside a woman in a head scarf, both wearing plant badges, in front of a large white V. His quoted line says he never figured she could do a man-size job, and the base line says America's women have met the test. The praise doubles as a recruiting appeal to women for war work.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Victory-Builders Division, Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc. (artist Packer)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor, Gender and suffrage
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Victory-Builders Division, Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-911 (NAID 514416).
Text on the object
"GOOD WORK, SISTER WE NEVER FIGURED YOU COULD DO A MAN-SIZE JOB!" AMERICA'S WOMEN HAVE MET THE TEST! [signature:] PACKER PRINTED IN U.S.A. [imprint:] 6—42 [partly illegible] Copyright, "VICTORY-BUILDERS" Division BRESSLER EDITORIAL CARTOONS, Inc., NEW YORK
