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.
Format: HardbackCONTRIBUTORS: B. WhiteEAN: 9781137363893COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 3796 gHEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave MacmillanDATE PUBLISHED: 2014-07-16CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Social HistoryWIDTH: 140 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
United Kingdom, Great Britain, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1910 to c 1919, European history, Social and cultural history, First World War
Bonnie White is a Lecturer in the Department of History at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada.
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.
Format: HardbackCONTRIBUTORS: B. WhiteEAN: 9781137363893COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 3796 gHEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave MacmillanDATE PUBLISHED: 2014-07-16CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Social HistoryWIDTH: 140 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
United Kingdom, Great Britain, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1910 to c 1919, European history, Social and cultural history, First World War
