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On the Farm Front: The Women's Land Army in World War II

On the Farm Front: The Women's Land Army in World War II

Carpenter, Stephanie A.

Hardcover

20th Century United States HistoryWomen's StudiesWorld War II

ISBN10: 0875803148
ISBN13: 9780875803142
Publisher: Northern Illinois Univ
Published: Mar 19 2003
Pages: 222
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.32 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

Rosie the Riveter is an icon for women's industrial contribution to World War II, but history has largely overlooked the three million women who served on America's agricultural front. The Women's Land Army sent volunteers to farms, canneries, and dairies across the country, accounting for the majority of wartime agricultural labor. On the Farm Front tells for the first time the remarkable story of these women who worked to ensure both Freedom from Want at home and victory abroad.

Formed in 1943 as part of the Emergency Farm Labor Program, the WLA placed its workers in areas where American farmers urgently needed assistance. Many farmers in even the most desperate areas, however, initially opposed women working their land. Rural administrators in the Midwest and the South yielded to necessity and employed several hundred thousand women as farm laborers by the end of the war, but those in the Great Plains and eastern Rocky Mountains remained hesitant, suffering serious agricultural and financial losses as a consequence.

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