Women's Land Army
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The Women's Land Army (WLA) was a British civilian organisation created during World War II so women could work in agriculture, reviving a disbanded World War One organisation and replacing men called up to the military. Women who worked for the WLA were commonly known as Land Girls. In effect the Land Army operated to place women with farms that needed workers, the farmers being their employers. They picked crops and did all the jobs that the men would do. Notable members include Joan Quennell, later a Member of Parliament.
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See also
- Air Transport Auxiliary
- Australian Women's Land Army
- Home front during World War II
- Mechanised Transport Corps
- Rosie the Riveter
- Victory garden
- Women's Auxiliary Air Force
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