Opportunity for all children: That's what democracy means
Illustrated poster: a boy and girl in the foreground, with a farm and church to the left and a city, bridges and factories to the right, under 'Opportunity For All Children' and a red band reading 'That's What Democracy Means'. The tell is the value-word pairing of children's welfare with 'democracy', a glittering-generalities and transfer appeal.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor; artist Norman Kenyon
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- 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)
Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1470 (NAID 515134).
Text on the object
Opportunity For All Children That's What Democracy Means Children's Bureau United States Department of Labor [signature:] NORMAN KENYON [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942—O—446349
