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

Date: 1941
Period: Second World War
Made by: U.S. Government (Make America Strong poster set; issuing agency not named on sheet), printed by U.S. Government Printing Office
Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Poster
Issuer type: State
Regime: Roosevelt Administration
Leader: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Warn or inform
Themes: 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. Government Printing Office. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1313H (NAID 514947).

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