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Fruits of victory : the Woman's Land Army of America in the Great War
- Title
- Fruits of victory : the Woman's Land Army of America in the Great War / Elaine F. Weiss.
- Author
- Weiss, Elaine F., 1952-
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2008.
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- Description
- xi, 315 p., [24] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Women farmers > United States > History > 20th century
- World War, 1914-1918 > Women > United States
- Women's Land Army of America History
- World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Female
- World War, 1914-1918 > Food supply > United States
- World War, 1914-1918 > War work > United States
- World War, 1914-1918 > Economic aspects > United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-306) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-3841
- ISBN
- 9781597972734 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1597972738 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008042104
- OCLC
- 257557388
- Author
- Weiss, Elaine F., 1952-
- Title
- Fruits of victory : the Woman's Land Army of America in the Great War / Elaine F. Weiss.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2008.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-306) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-3841