More nurses are needed! All women can help - learn how you can aid in army hospitals
Painted scene of a tired nurse in helmet and field dress shielding her brow, an intravenous bottle and a rifle beside her and an arm hanging in the foreground, under the headline 'More nurses are needed!'. The technique is faint here: the strained face and field setting carry an emotional appeal, and the uniform and caduceus lend the Army's standing to the request.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army Nurse Corps; artist Sgt. Henry McAlear
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Health, Home front
- 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)
U.S. Army Nurse Corps. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-205 (NAID 513648).
Text on the object
More nurses are needed! ALL WOMEN CAN HELP - LEARN HOW YOU CAN AID IN ARMY HOSPITALS U. S. ARMY NURSE CORPS CALL AT YOUR LOCAL RED CROSS CHAPTER OR WRITE THE SURGEON GENERAL, U.S. ARMY, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. [signature:] SGT. HENRY McALEAR [imprint:] P-144-RPD-10-26-44-25M
