Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Guides for Wartime Use of Women on Farms
Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Special Bulletin ... of the Women's Bureau: Guides for wartime use of women on farms. 1942
Author: Guides for Wartime Use of Women on Farms
Author: Estados Unidos. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Guides for Wartime Use of Women on Farms
Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Guides for Wartime of Women on the Farms
Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Wartime Use of Women in Agriculture
Author: United States. Bureau of Agricultural EconomicsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women farmers
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
On the Farm Front
Author: Stephanie A. CarpenterPublisher:
ISBN: 9780875803142
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
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. Carpenter reveals for the first time 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 life or prewar employment. On the Farm Front illuminates the Women's Land Army's unique contribution to prosperity and victory, showing how this landmark organization changed the role of women in American society.
Prologue
Author: Wartime Work for Girls and Women
Author: Louise MooreWar Jobs for Women
Author: United States. Office of War InformationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description