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WW2 - Nurse - lifetime education free, cadet hurse
Why are the nurses in recruiting posters always brunettes? Because, as we project back to 1940's sensibilities and think about movie and comic book themes of those times, everybody knew that brunettes are smarter than silly blondes or flighty redheads. Look at our nurse cadet, front and center, strong, intelligent and resolute. The poster is clearly aimed at high school girls who haven't yet graduated (notice the books) and what high school girl didn't want to be envied and admired by the most popular blondes and redheads? Nursing as a vehicle for popularity transcendance is expressed by clear admiration from the very pretty background girls. In the 1940's, as now, one of the immutable formulas in human society is pretty = popular, and no one was ever as popular as the pretty blonde. This sub-message is provided by the rehead, who has to peer around her to admire our brave Cadet. The power of this image is to place nursing as a calling - an endeavor so important that the most popular high school girl will surrender her perch in open admiration of the Nurse Cadet.
WW2 - Nurse - lifetime education free, cadet hurse
Why are the nurses in recruiting posters always brunettes? Because, as we project back to 1940's sensibilities and think about movie and comic book themes of those times, everybody knew that brunettes are smarter than silly blondes or flighty redheads. Look at our nurse cadet, front and center, strong, intelligent and resolute. The poster is clearly aimed at high school girls who haven't yet graduated (notice the books) and what high school girl didn't want to be envied and admired by the most popular blondes and redheads? Nursing as a vehicle for popularity transcendance is expressed by clear admiration from the very pretty background girls. In the 1940's, as now, one of the immutable formulas in human society is pretty = popular, and no one was ever as popular as the pretty blonde. This sub-message is provided by the rehead, who has to peer around her to admire our brave Cadet. The power of this image is to place nursing as a calling - an endeavor so important that the most popular high school girl will surrender her perch in open admiration of the Nurse Cadet.