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title: Women! Help America's Sons Win the War. Buy U.S. Government Bonds. 2nd Liberty Loan of 1917
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/women-help-americas-sons-win-the-war-2nd-liberty-loan-1917/
description: A gray-haired woman in a white blouse stands before a draped American flag with her arms open, flanked by a torpedoed ship with men in lifeboats on one
section: Collection
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# Women! Help America's Sons Win the War. Buy U.S. Government Bonds. 2nd Liberty Loan of 1917

A gray-haired woman in a white blouse stands before a draped American flag with her arms open, flanked by a torpedoed ship with men in lifeboats on one side and a battlefield with a US flag on the other. The headline addresses women directly and links bond purchase to the soldiers' success. The tell is the pairing of a maternal figure with scenes of peril, which attaches the loan to protecting sons.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
WOMEN!
HELP AMERICA'S SONS
WIN THE WAR

BUY
U.S. GOVERNMENT BONDS
2ND LIBERTY LOAN
OF 1917

[signature:] R. H. Porteous
[lower left:] No. 11
[lower right:] EDWARDS & DEUTSCH LITHO. CO. CHICAGO
```

'No. 11' at lower left is small and uncertain; part of 'OF 1917' is torn away but legible.

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