You Are Needed Now - Join the Army Nurse Corps

During WWII, the need for American troops superseded the traditional draft conscripts. Congress passed special legislation to allow women to serve in four units: the Women's Army Corps (WAC), the Navy Women's Reserve (WAVES), the Marine Corps Women's Reserve, and the Coast Guard Women Reserves (SPARS). The US Army Nurse Corps, featured in this poster, is unique in that it dates back to 1901- well before these WWII units.

This photographic poster promotes recruitment to the US Army Nurse Corps. Founded in 1901, with roots dating back even further to the Revolutionary War, the US Army Nurse Corps is one of the older units of the American military. Excluded from the front lines, US Army nurses were required to be unmarried and without children. Since the program requires every participant to be a registered nurse, it was highly successful. In WWII, 96% of injured servicemen who made it to a field hospital survived their injuries.

Ruzzie Green (1892-1956) was born Kneeland L'Amoureux Green in New York. He studied at The Art Student's League and began his career as a commercial illustrator for everything from print advertisements to magazine covers. In the 1930s, Green pivoted to photography and became the most prolific commercial photographer of his time.

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