Forensic Research Archive of Manipulation and Exploitation
Our sorority wasn't very smart to snub her, 1942 US poster: Black-and-white newspaper cartoon on a handout sheet

Our sorority wasn't very smart to snub her

Black-and-white newspaper cartoon on a handout sheet: a smiling young woman walks arm in arm with two uniformed Marines while two other women look on in surprise. The caption has a sorority admit it was unwise to snub her, 'but how were we to know she would turn up with two good-looking brothers in the Marines?'. The technique is faint: the appeal ties the Marine uniform to social standing and admiration.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer
Date
1942
Period
Second World War
Made by
Marine Corps Publicity Bureau; cartoon by Galbraith, NEA Service, Inc.
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, 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)
Marine Corps Publicity Bureau; NEA Service, Inc.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1491 (NAID 515156).

Text on the object

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

OUR SORORITY WASN'T VERY SMART TO SNUB HER,
BUT HOW WERE WE TO KNOW SHE WOULD TURN UP WITH
TWO GOOD-LOOKING BROTHERS IN THE MARINES?
COPR. 1942 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF.
4-7
[signature: Galbraith]
[imprint: MCPB 99570 4-20-42 250]

More propaganda examples that use the same techniques

Fragments of the Abydos king list from Ramesses II's temple, in the British Museum: rows of royal cartouchesNew Kingdom EgyptFragments of the Abydos king list from Ramesses II's temple, in the British Museum: rows of royal cartouches0000 · Card stacking, TransferClay cylinder with the Ehulhul inscription of Nabonidus, king of Babylon, describing work on three templesNeo Babylonian EmpireClay cylinder with the Ehulhul inscription of Nabonidus, king of Babylon, describing work on three temples0000 · TransferSeated limestone statue of Hatshepsut as king, with feminine royal titles on the throne, reassembled from fragments broken up at Deir el-BahriNew Kingdom EgyptSeated limestone statue of Hatshepsut as king, with feminine royal titles on the throne, reassembled from fragments broken up at Deir el-Bahri0000 · Transfer, TestimonialGlazed-brick panel with a striding lion, from Babylon (reign of Nebuchadnezzar II)Neo Babylonian EmpireGlazed-brick panel with a striding lion, from Babylon (reign of Nebuchadnezzar II)0000 · TransferLimestone relief block of Ramesses II wearing the White Crown, a jubilee relief from his temple at HerakleopolisNew Kingdom EgyptLimestone relief block of Ramesses II wearing the White Crown, a jubilee relief from his temple at Herakleopolis0000 · TransferLine drawing of the Great Kadesh battle relief on the walls of the Ramesseum, from Breasted's History of EgyptNew Kingdom EgyptLine drawing of the Great Kadesh battle relief on the walls of the Ramesseum, from Breasted's History of Egypt0000 · Card stacking, TransferContent noteGypsum alabaster slab inscribed in cuneiform, from Nimrud (Kalhu), reign of Ashurnasirpal IINeo Assyrian EmpireGypsum alabaster slab inscribed in cuneiform, from Nimrud (Kalhu), reign of Ashurnasirpal II0000 · Transfer, Glittering generalitiesEgyptian alabaster jar inscribed with the name of Xerxes the Great in four languages (Old Persian, Elamite, Babylonian, Egyptian), 486 to 466 BCEAchaemenid EmpireEgyptian alabaster jar inscribed with the name of Xerxes the Great in four languages (Old Persian, Elamite, Babylonian, Egyptian), 486 to 466 BCE0000 · Transfer