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Author | : Victoria Sackville-West |
Publisher | : Uniform Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Women agricultural laborers |
ISBN | : 9781910500187 |
Published under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, this work is illustrated with photographs depicting land-girls in nearly every branch of the work undertaken during the war. The text by Vita Sackville-West aims at giving a human picture of the land-girl's life. A number of tables of facts and statistics are also included. It is thus a comprehensive survey of an important branch of women's work in the war.
Author | : Cecilia Gowdy-Wygant |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2013-04-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0822944251 |
A compelling study of the sea change brought about in politics, society, and gender roles during World Wars I and II by campaigns to recruit Women's Land Armies in Great Britain and the United States to cultivate victory gardens. Cecilia Gowdy-Wygant compares and contrasts the outcomes of war in both nations as seen through women's ties to labor, agriculture, the home, and the environment. She sheds new light on the cultural legacies left by the Women's Land Armies and their major role in shaping national and personal identities.
Author | : Elaine F. Weiss |
Publisher | : Potomac Books, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2008-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1597972738 |
The women who kept the farms going while the soldiers were Over There
Author | : Gill Clarke |
Publisher | : Sansom (Acc) |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Land girls of two world wars depicted by the nation's artists.
Author | : Caroline Scott |
Publisher | : Grub Street Publishers |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2017-01-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473886325 |
An “insightful and extensive” history of the women who took over agricultural duties in England during World War I (Sussex Living Magazine). One could be forgiven for supposing that the story of the Women’s Land Army starts in 1939 during World War II. But it’s a much older and more complicated history . . . British agricultural policy during the First World War was held up as a success story; domestic food production was higher at the end of the war than at the start, the average calorific value of the British diet barely changed, and bread never had to be rationed. As the press reported starvation and food riots overseas, the 1918 harvest was held up as “one of the great achievements of the War.” In 1917, at the darkest hour, when Britain’s food security looked most precarious, it was said that, “if it were not for the women agriculture would be absolutely at a standstill on many farms.” Using previously unpublished accounts and photographs, this book is an attempt to understand how the return of women to the fields and farmyards impacted agriculture—and, in turn, an examination of how that experience affected them. “Caroline’s wonderful book sets the record straight with beautiful illustrations and witting testimony from people who were there and saw how hard these wonderful women worked to keep Britain going during their darkest hours. Superb.” —Books Monthly “This is a well-researched history of the British Women’s Land Army in WW1 and how it paved the way for the success of the WLA in the Second World War.” —World War One Illustrated
Author | : Erin Hagar |
Publisher | : Charlesbridge Publishing |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2016-09-13 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1580896464 |
Based on true events from World War I, this fictional story follows “farmerette” Helen Stevens as she trains to farm the land, convinces a farm owner to hire her and her colleagues, negotiates a fair wage, and does her bit for the war effort. Beginning as a movement to put women to work on farms in place of men serving overseas during WWI, the Woman's Land Army grew to be an integral part of the food supply chain during the war. This unique look at a forgotten history celebrates the true grit of American men and women.
Author | : B. White |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2014-07-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1137363908 |
Between 1917 and 1919 women enlisted in the Women's Land Army, a national organisation with the task of increasing domestic food production. Behind the scenes organisers laboured to not only recruit an army of women workers, but to also dispel public fears that Britain's Land Girls would be defeminized and devalued by their wartime experiences.
Author | : Bob Powell |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2011-09-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0752470671 |
The book brings together a wealth of black and white pictures which together record not only the operations of the Women's Land Army (WLA) but also scenes of the countryside between 1939 and 1950. Drawn from the worldwide albums of many ex-land girls at a time when film was rationed and photography monitored, this collection offers a fascinating insight into the people and places associated with the WLA. Many of these photographs have never been published in book form and so offer a unique record of the organisation. Every image is captioned, providing names and dates where possible, and revealing historical anecdotal detail which gives life to the scenes and personalities captured through the camera lens. Presenting training, occupations and the social activities of the Land Army women, this absorbing collection will not only evoke many wartime memories, but will also inspire readers through these images of hope, strength and unity.
Author | : Stephanie A. Carpenter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
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Author | : Neil R. Storey |
Publisher | : Shire Publications |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2012-11-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780747811633 |
When war broke out in 1939 the Women's Land Army was already organised and ready for action. Women who had served in the WLA in the First World War returned to service with their daughters, ready to fill in for the male labourers who had gone abroad to fight. Livestock was tended, fields were ploughed, harvests were reaped and everything possible was done to keep Britain self-sufficient. Neil Storey and Molly Housego tell the story of the Women's Land Army, how it was organised, what its members did and what training was provided, and describes the work of the Timber Corps of the WLA, also known as the 'Lumber Jills'. Colourful illustrations of women at work, their uniforms and insignia bring to life this introduction to the experiences of the ladies who helped to keep Britain fed during the Second World War.