The Women's Land Army

Informationen zum Autor Neil R. Storey is an award-winning social historian and lecturer specialising in the impact of war on twentieth-century society. He has written over forty books, numerous articles for national magazines and academic journals and features as guest expert on television and radio programmes and documentaries. Klappentext A history of the women who worked the Land and the organisation of the Women's Land Army in the Second World War. When war broke out in 1939, the Women's Land Army (WLA) 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 sent abroad to fight: livestock was tended, fields were ploughed, harvests were reaped and everything possible was done to keep Britain self-sufficient. Neil R. Storey and Molly Housego here tell the story of the Women's Land Army - how it was organised, what its members did, what training was provided, and 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 the experiences of the ladies who helped keep Britain fed during the Second World War. Vorwort A history of the women who worked the land and the organisation of the Women's Land Army in the Second World War. Zusammenfassung When war broke out in 1939, the Women's Land Army (WLA) was already organised and ready for action. This book tells the story of the Women's Land Army - how it was organised, what its members did, what training was provided, and the work of the Timber Corps of the WLA, also known as the 'Lumber Jills'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Sowing the Seed / A Second Crop / All in a Day's Work / The Lumber Jills - The Women's Timber Corps / Harvest Home / Further Reading / Places to Visit / Index

Product details

• Authors: Molly Housego, Neil Housego, Housego Molly, Neil Storey, Neil R Storey, Neil R. Storey, Storey Neil R.
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2012
• EAN: 9780747811633
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-1163-3
• No. of pages: 56
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 201 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Military / World War II, Warfare & defence, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Gender studies: women, Sociology: work & labour, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING, Gender studies: women and girls, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Sociology: work and labour