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United States. Public Health Services. Federal Security Agency. Enlist in a proud profession!/Join the U.S. cadet nurse corps

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09520.16 Author/Creator: United States. Public Health Services. Federal Security Agency. Place Written: s.l. Type: Poster Date: 1943 Pagination: 1 p. ; 71 x 50.8 cm Order a Copy

Illustrated by Carolyn Moorhead Edmundson. Caption in blue box at bottom: "A lifetime education-- free! If you can qualify". "For information, go to your local hospital or write U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, Box 88, New York, N.Y."
Image of a woman in a gray dress military uniform with a "CADET NURSE" sleeve patch. She has light-colored hair and wears a beret.

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