They Fought In The Fields The Womens Land Army

Author : Nicola Tyrer
Publisher : Random House (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book They Fought in the Fields written by Nicola Tyrer and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1996 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Land Army of 80,000 women and how their achievements became the Home Front success of World War II.

Author : Nicola Tyrer
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752473425
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book They Fought in The Fields written by Nicola Tyrer and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Women's Land Army was the forgotten victory of the Second World War. While troops fought on the front line, a battalion of young women joined up to take their place as agricultural workers. Despite many of them coming from urban backgrounds, these fearless, cheerful girls learnt how to look after farm land, operate and repair machinery, rear and manage farm animals, harvest crops and provide the work force that was badly needed in the years of the war. Back-breaking work such as thinning crops, continuous hoeing and digging made way for disgusting tasks such as rat-killing. Yet despite it all, the land girls were exuberant, fun-loving and hard-working, and became known for their articulate, feisty, humorous and modest attitude. It therefore comes as no surprise that despite hostility and teasing at the beginning, these robust farm workers won the hearts of the nation, and at the disbandment of the Land Army in the 1950s, the farming community were forced to eat their words. With delightful photographs documenting the camaraderie of the Land Army and real-life memories from those who joined, this nostalgic look at one of the real success stories of the Second World War will make modern women stand proud of what their grandmothers achieved in an era before our own.

Author : Elaine F. Weiss
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597972738
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fruits of Victory written by Elaine F. Weiss and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The women who kept the farms going while the soldiers were Over There

Author : Nicola Tyrer
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 9780749320560
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book They Fought in the Fields written by Nicola Tyrer and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1997-09-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Erin Hagar
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1580896464
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Doing Her Bit written by Erin Hagar and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on true events from World War I, this fictional story follows “farmerette” Helen Stevens as she trains to farm the land, convinces a farm owner to hire her and her colleagues, negotiates a fair wage, and does her bit for the war effort. Beginning as a movement to put women to work on farms in place of men serving overseas during WWI, the Woman's Land Army grew to be an integral part of the food supply chain during the war. This unique look at a forgotten history celebrates the true grit of American men and women.

Author : Bob Powell
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752470671
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Women's Land Army written by Bob Powell and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book brings together a wealth of black and white pictures which together record not only the operations of the Women's Land Army (WLA) but also scenes of the countryside between 1939 and 1950. Drawn from the worldwide albums of many ex-land girls at a time when film was rationed and photography monitored, this collection offers a fascinating insight into the people and places associated with the WLA. Many of these photographs have never been published in book form and so offer a unique record of the organisation. Every image is captioned, providing names and dates where possible, and revealing historical anecdotal detail which gives life to the scenes and personalities captured through the camera lens. Presenting training, occupations and the social activities of the Land Army women, this absorbing collection will not only evoke many wartime memories, but will also inspire readers through these images of hope, strength and unity.

Author : Wilfred Edward Shewell-Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Land Girl written by Wilfred Edward Shewell-Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Светлана Алексиевич
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0399588728
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unwomanly Face of War written by Светлана Алексиевич and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published in Russian as U voiny--ne zhenskoe lietiso by Mastatskaya Litaratura, Minsk, in 1985. Originally published in English as War's unwomanly face by Progress Publishers, Moscow, in 1988"--Title page verso.

Author : Stephanie A. Carpenter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Farm Front written by Stephanie A. Carpenter and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wendy Moore
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541672739
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Man's Land written by Wendy Moore and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "absorbing and powerful" (Wall Street Journal) story of two pioneering suffragette doctors who shattered social expectations and transformed modern medicine during World War I. A month after war broke out in 1914, doctors Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson set out for Paris, where they opened a hospital in a luxury hotel and treated hundreds of casualties plucked from France's battlefields. Although, prior to the war and the Spanish flu, female doctors were restricted to treating women and children, Flora and Louisa's work was so successful that the British Army asked them to set up a hospital in the heart of London. Nicknamed the Suffragettes' Hospital, Endell Street soon became known for its lifesaving treatments. In No Man's Land, Wendy Moore illuminates this turbulent moment of global war and pandemic when women were, for the first time, allowed to operate on men. Their fortitude and brilliance serve as powerful reminders of what women can achieve against all odds.