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Land Girls: Women´s Voices from the Wartime Farm
Joan Mant
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Description for Land Girls: Women´s Voices from the Wartime Farm
Paperback. What life was really like on a wartime farm. Num Pages: 240 pages, 52. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
The Women's Land Army was actually founded in 1917, but it was during the Second World War that it attracted the kind of attention which assured its place in the annals of the British war effort. The Services' demands on manpower created a gap which the alternative labour of female workers had to fill. Joan Mant history draws upon the reminiscences of over 300 'land girls' (as they were affectionately known at the time), to tell the story of life on the wartime farm. Despite the prejudice against women undertaking heavy outdoor work, young women from ... Read more
The Women's Land Army was actually founded in 1917, but it was during the Second World War that it attracted the kind of attention which assured its place in the annals of the British war effort. The Services' demands on manpower created a gap which the alternative labour of female workers had to fill. Joan Mant history draws upon the reminiscences of over 300 'land girls' (as they were affectionately known at the time), to tell the story of life on the wartime farm. Despite the prejudice against women undertaking heavy outdoor work, young women from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445619798
SKU
V9781445619798
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-18
About Joan Mant
Joan Mant was a Land Girl for on a farm in Surrey where she milked cows for 3 years! She was the only woman on the farm and the only Land Girl in the village. In her later years she used to give talks on her experiences.
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