Save your strength for your job
A cartoon woman in a blue dress runs in alarm with a huge dark ball bearing the headline 'SAVE YOUR STRENGTH FOR YOUR JOB' rolling after her. Side texts advise moderate exercise, sensible dress and rest, and 'ACCIDENTS WON'T WIN THE WAR!'. A mild fear-appeal about injury and absence from work.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy, Navy Department Safety Poster; artist Chuck Thorndike
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Labor, 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. Navy, Navy Department Safety Poster. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1682 (NAID 515350).
Text on the object
SAVE YOUR STRENGTH FOR YOUR JOB NAVY DEPARTMENT SAFETY POSTER EXERCISE- BUT MODERATELY! DRESS SENSIBLY! GET PLENTY OF REST! ACCIDENTS WON'T WIN THE WAR! It's smart to STAY-ON-THE-JOB [signature: CHUCKI THORNDIKE] [imprint: N 668-440503] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—570188]
