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title: '"They Also Serve!" No. II'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-alston-they-also-serve-no-ii-1943/
description: 'Four women walk side by side in front of a large US flag, each with a printed label on her clothing: laundry worker, railroad worker, farm worker.'
section: Collection
---

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# "They Also Serve!" No. II

Four women walk side by side in front of a large US flag, each with a printed label on her clothing: laundry worker, railroad worker, farm worker, other essential civilian workers. The caption says they also serve. The tell is transfer (the flag lends national standing to civilian jobs) together with a virtue phrase, 'They Also Serve', that equates civilian work with service.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
LAUNDRY WORKER
RAILROAD WORKER
FARM WORKER
OTHER ESSENTIAL CIVILIAN WORKERS
"THEY ALSO SERVE!"
No. II
Alston OWI
```

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