On the farm front : the Women's Land Army in World War II / Stephanie A. Carpenter.
On the farm front : the Women's Land Army in World War II / Stephanie A. Carpenter.
On the farm front : the Women's Land Army in World War II / Stephanie A. Carpenter.
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DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N940.53082/2
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Introduction: "We Can Drive Tractors" -- Pt. I. Creating the Women's Land Army -- 1. Prewar Precedents -- 2. The Federal Government and the WLA -- 3. "Now We're Set" - Outfitting the WLA -- 4. "Pitch in and Help" - Calling Women to the Farms -- Pt. II. The Women's Land Army in Action -- 5. The East...
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DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, 2003.
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Illinois
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
"Carpenter reveals how the WLA revolutionized the national view of farming. By accepting all available women as agricultural workers, farmers abandoned traditional labor and stereotypical social practices. When the WLA officially disbanded in 1945, many of its women chose to remain in their agricultural jobs rather than return to a full-time home l...
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On the farm front : the Women's Land Army in World War II / Stephanie A. Carpenter.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N940.53082/2
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74Vv57zxEv4Z
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0875803148 (alk. paper)
9780875803142 (alk. paper)
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940.530820973
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991017679939702626
