Jenny on the job - Steps ahead with Low Heels
Health-and-safety poster in the 'Jenny on the job' series: a smiling cartoon woman war worker in coveralls and flat lace-up shoes pushes a hand truck stacked with boxes, with a red dashed line marking her stride. The technique is faint; an ordinary, cheerful co-worker is shown doing the recommended thing (low heels), a plain-folks presentation of workplace footwear advice.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Federal Security Agency, U.S. Public Health Service (artist Kula)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Health, Labor
- 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)
Federal Security Agency, U.S. Public Health Service. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1141C (NAID 514679).
Text on the object
Jenny on the job Steps ahead with Low Heels [imprint: WH 15 Federal Security Agency U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE] [imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943 - O - 529858] [signature: Kula]
