A Lifetime Education Free for High School Graduates Who Qualify: U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps
A young woman in a Cadet Nurse Corps uniform and cap looks upward against a deep blue ground, while two young women in civilian dress hold schoolbooks behind her. A panel reads 'A lifetime education free for high school graduates who qualify'. The tell is an aspirational offer of free education joined to the uniform's status.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Federal Security Agency, U.S. Public Health Service; artist Alex Ross
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- Health, Home front, War and the military
- 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-279 (NAID 513728).
Text on the object
A LIFETIME EDUCATION FREE FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO QUALIFY U.S. CADET NURSE CORPS GO TO YOUR LOCAL HOSPITAL OR WRITE TO U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, BOX 88, NEW YORK 8, N.Y. [signature:] Alex Ross [imprint:] N. E. POSTER 4 [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945-O-645714 [imprint:] FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY
