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The Women's Land Army (WLA) was a British civilian organisation created in 1917 by the Board of Agriculture during the First World War to bring women into work in agriculture, replacing men called up to the military.
Learn about the Women's Land Army (WLA), a rural workforce of women who helped increase Britain's food production during the Second World War. See 10 surprising facts and photos of land girls doing various jobs on the land, from dairy work to rat catching.
Learn about the women who left towns and cities to work on farms during the First and Second World Wars. Explore photographs, posters, certificates and more from the National Archives collection.
The Woman's Land Army of America (WLAA) operated from 1917 to 1919, organized in 42 states, and employing more than 20,000 women. It was inspired by the women of Great Britain who had organized as the Women's Land Army, also known as the Land Girls or Land Lassies.
Women’s Land Army (WLA), U.S. federally established organization that from 1943 to 1947 recruited and trained women to work on farms left untended owing to the labour drain that arose during World War II. By the summer of 1942, American farmers faced a severe labour shortage—since 1940 some six.
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Library of Congress. During World War I, Britain created the Women’s Land Army through which young women worked on farms in order to support the changing needs of the country’s agricultural sector.
Homepage. The British Women’s Land Army was first set up in January 1917 for World War One. It was re-formed in June 1939, in preparation for World War Two. O ver 200,000 Land Girls worked in the WLA from June 1939 until November 1950. Women, known as Land Girls, replaced male farm workers who fought in the war.
