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The Women's Land Army (WLA) was a British civilian organization created during the First and Second World Wars to work in agriculture replacing men called up to the military. Women who worked for the WLA were commonly known as Land Girls. “The Great War †redirects here. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
In effect the Land Army operated to place women with farms that needed workers, the farmers being their employers.
First World War
The Board of Agriculture organised the Land Army during the Great War, starting activities in 1915. Towards the end of 1917 there were over 260,000 women working as farm labourers. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a UK government department, first created in September 1793 (relaunched in 1889) and called the Board of Agriculture. ...
Second World War In the Second World War, though under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, it was given an honorary head - Lady Denman. At first it asked for volunteers. This was supplemented by conscription, so that by 1944 it had over 80,000 members. The WLA lasted until 1950. Logo of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a United Kingdom government department created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889 and at that time called the Board of Agriculture. ...
Lady Denman at the ceremony for the naming of Canberra in 1913. ...
The Women's Land Army was the subject of the film The Land Girls. The Land Girls is a 1998 movie directed by David Leland and starring Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, and Anna Friel. ...
Influence During World War II a Women's Land Army was also formed in the United States, lasting from 1943 to 1947, and the Australian Women's Land Army was formed in Australia, lasting from July 27, 1942 until 1945. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A painting titled Smoko time with the AWLA The Australian Womens Land Army (AWLA) was an organization created in World War II in Australia to combat rising labour shortages in the farming sector. ...
is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...
See also - Women's Timber Corps - a related organization working in forestry
Victory Garden is a work of electronic literature by American author Stuart Moulthrop. ...
J. Howard Millers We Can Do It! - Many women first found economic strength in World War II-era manufacturing jobs. ...
Publicity photo of American machine tool worker in Texas. ...
The Air Transport Auxiliary was a British World War II organisation established to transfer new, repaired and damaged warplanes between factories, delivery points from the United States, maintenance depots and active service airfields. ...
The U.S. Womens Auxiliary Air Force was created in June of 1939. ...
External links - History site
- Spartacus Schoolnet WW2 Land Army
- First World War Land Army
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