Women's Land Army
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women-s-land-army-186-11604226
title:
Women's Land Army
text:
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. Women who worked for the WLA were commonly known as Land Girls. The Land Army placed women with farms that needed workers, the farmers being their employers. The members picked crops and did all the labour to feed the country. Notable members include Joan Quennell, later a Member of
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description:
British civilian organisation
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Land_Army
date created:
2003-06-18T09:32:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T15:45:41Z
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