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title: There's danger when people tire too easily, when minds are slow to think, when bodies can't fight disease
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/theres-danger-when-people-tire-too-easily-1941/
description: 'Make America Strong set, poster 4: a dark photograph of a woman seen from behind, leaning against a doorframe with her head bowed, a street beyond.'
section: Collection
---

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# There's danger when people tire too easily, when minds are slow to think, when bodies can't fight disease

Make America Strong set, poster 4: a dark photograph of a woman seen from behind, leaning against a doorframe with her head bowed, a street beyond. The headline reads 'There's danger when people tire too easily, when minds are slow to think, when bodies can't fight disease'. The word 'danger' and the slumped figure make a fear-appeal about poor nutrition, with no cause named on the sheet.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
THERE'S DANGER
when people tire too easily
when minds are slow to think
when bodies can't fight disease
[imprint:] Make America Strong (set of 13 posters) . . . . . Poster No. 4
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1941—O-292318
```

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