Art of War Longing

This propaganda poster is very different than what the World War I posters and the March Revolution brought up. It's purpose and message are somewhat misleading. The World War I posters used women as an icon to persuade capable men to ship off to war. This poster seems to reverse this role, now the women are the capable ones. Even though the poster empathizes with the hardships it sprung upon the women, it manages to push its cause of total war to trick women to participate in war efforts. However, the March Revolution (for Russia at least), proved that women were more worried about their own lives and rationing than the men off at war. It brings the illusion that working for the war cause will bring the men in their lives back sooner, which isn't necessarily true. Perhaps the fact that this poster is from America and the posters we studied were mostly from Europe changes perspective. Americans want to believe that they are capable and productive, which this poster encourages. It also encourages nationalism, which is perhaps most important of all during a war.