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title: Tired of Giving? We Don't Know What It Is to Be Tired
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/tired-of-giving-liberty-bonds-1918/
description: A pen drawing shows a woman bowed in grief on the rubble of a ruined house, with a child beside her, a bundle at their feet and crosses on the hillside
section: Collection
---

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[![Tired of Giving? We Don't Know What It Is to Be Tired, 1918 US poster: A pen drawing shows a woman bowed in grief](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/tired-of-giving-liberty-bonds-1918.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/tired-of-giving-liberty-bonds-1918.jpg)

# Tired of Giving? We Don't Know What It Is to Be Tired

A pen drawing shows a woman bowed in grief on the rubble of a ruined house, with a child beside her, a bundle at their feet and crosses on the hillside behind. The text contrasts American 'giving' with the sacrifices of the women of Belgium and France and says Americans will not share them 'if we all buy' Liberty Bonds, so the appeal links a purchase to avoiding invasion.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
TIRED OF GIVING?
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE TIRED

WE HAVE NOT MADE SUCH SACRIFICES AS THE WOMEN OF BELGIUM AND FRANCE
WE SHALL NEVER HAVE TO, IF WE ALL BUY
LIBERTY BONDS

[Signature:] J. N. Ding
[Credit line:] (Courtesy of the N. Y. Tribune)
[Number at lower left: illegible]
```

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