Fruits of victory : the Woman's Land Army of America in the Great War / Elaine F. Weiss.

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Main Author: Weiss, Elaine F., 1952-
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2008], ©2008.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Women's Land Army of America > History.
World War, 1914-1918 > Women > United States.
World War, 1914-1918 > War work > United States.
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Female.
World War, 1914-1918 > Food supply > United States.
World War, 1914-1918 > Economic aspects > United States.
Women farmers > United States > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:xi, 315 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Liberty Day
  • The girl with a hoe behind the man with a gun. The right to serve : a British Land Army ; Female preparedness ; An agricultural army ; Suffrage agriculture ; Soil sisters ; A feminine invasion of the land : the Bedford Camp ; Farmerettes abd Hoover Helpers : Fall 1917 ; Women on the land ; A hysterical appeal ; A fine propaganda : the Fair Farmerette and her publicity machine ; Enlist now!
  • The Patriot Farmerette. In bifurcated garb of toil : California ; Hortense Powdermaker in Maryland ; Cultivating the soothing weed : Connecticut ; Libertyville : Illinois ; Girls who thought potatoes grew on trees : New England ; The Farmerette in Wanamaker's window : selling the Land Army in New Jersey ; Georgia cotton ; Harsh terrain ; Miss Diehl and the Wellesley Experiment Station ; Tiller, planter, gleaner : New York ; Marriage of convenience ; A hungry world ;Carry on ; Farmerette redux : 1919 and beyond.