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title: 'Jenny on the job says: Home was never like this! Let''s keep OUR rest room clean!'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jenny-on-the-job-restroom-1943/
description: 'Health-education poster in the ''Jenny on the job'' series: a cartoon woman war worker in blue coveralls, hands on hips and scowling.'
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Cartoon depiction of a dirty washroom (litter, stains, a soiled toilet partly visible). This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Jenny on the job says: Home was never like this! Let's keep OUR rest room clean!, 1943 US poster: Health-education poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/jenny-on-the-job-restroom-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/jenny-on-the-job-restroom-1943.jpg)

# Jenny on the job says: Home was never like this! Let's keep OUR rest room clean!

Health-education poster in the 'Jenny on the job' series: a cartoon woman war worker in blue coveralls, hands on hips and scowling, stands in a washroom with smeared mirrors, paper on the floor and litter in the basins. The technique is faint; the figure is an ordinary co-worker speaking in the first person plural ('OUR rest room'), a plain-folks voice that asks for shared upkeep.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Jenny on the job says-
Home was never like this !
Let's keep OUR rest room clean !
[imprint: WH 17   Federal Security Agency   U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE]
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943 - O - 529858]
[signature: Kula]
```

[← Jenny on the job - Eats man size Meals](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jenny-on-the-job-man-size-meals-1943/) [Jenny on the job: wears styles designed for Victory →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jenny-on-the-job-styles-for-victory-1943/)

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