She's in the Ranks Too! Caring for Evacuees Is a National Service
A smiling householder in an apron welcomes a child with a bundle and a woman carrying a baby, while uniformed soldiers and servicewomen stand behind her. The headline places her 'in the ranks' alongside the forces, tying hosting evacuees to military identity, and 'National Service' is a virtue label for the task.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Ministry of Health (artist signs 'NY')
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
Ministry of Health, UK, c. 1939-1945. US National Archives, World War II Foreign Posters (44-PF-131b), NAID 44266358.
Text on the object
She's in the Ranks too ! CARING FOR EVACUEES IS A NATIONAL SERVICE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH
