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Woman's Land Army of America
Album Description
World War 1 and World War 2 - women who took on the role of farmers.
Book connection: Doing her Bit: A Story about the Woman's Land Army of America by Erin Hagar 
WWI World War II Woman's Land Army
Before Rosie the Riveter, Farmerettes Went to Work
Teaching Notes
During WWI, the Woman’s Land Army of America mobilized women into sustaining American farms and building national pride
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World War I The Woman's Land Army
[Stamps for National Service Women's Land Army]
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2016651571/
Reference note
Summary: Sheet of 66 stamps to promote enrollment in the program.
Created / Published: [Great Britain] : [Publisher not identified], 1917.
Subject Headings: - Women's Land Army (Great Britain)--1910-1920
- World War, 1914-1918--Women--British
- War work--Great Britain--1910-1920
Genre: Ephemera--1910-1920
Notes: - Title devised by Library staff.
- Accession box no. PAGA 7 - WWI, c512
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ds 09948 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ds.09948
The Woman's Land Army of America--Training school, University of Virginia--Apply Woman's Land Army, U.S. Employment Service, Richmond, Va. / Herbert Paus.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.13492/
Reference note
Summary: Two women carrying basket of vegetables in front of woman in uniform on horseback with U.S. flag.
Contributor Names: Paus, Herbert Andrew, 1880-1946, artist
Created / Published: c1918.
Subject Headings: - World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States
- Farm produce--1910-1920
- Women--1910-1920
- Flags--American--1910-1920
Genre: War posters--American--1910-1920
Prints--Color--1910-1920
Notes: - Title from item.
- Copyright by the Woman's Land Army of America.
- Promotional goal: U.S. A1.J7. 1918.
- Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2007.
- Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : American Experiences of WW I" in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2017 - June 2018.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ppmsca 13492 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.13492
cph 3g05855 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g05855
cph 3a42864 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a42864
New-York tribune. [volume], October 06, 1918, Page 6, Image 46
Teaching Notes
Newspaper photos of farmettes. Woman's Land Army of America
Reference note
Newspaper: New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1918-10-06/ed-1/seq-46
Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1918-10-06/ed-1/seq-46.pdf
The North Platte semi-weekly tribune., May 24, 1918, Image 6
Teaching Notes
Pictures of different jobs done by the farmerett farmerettes s.
Reference note
Newspaper: The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2010270504/1918-05-24/ed-1/seq-6
Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2010270504/1918-05-24/ed-1/seq-6.pdf
The Lakeland evening telegram., April 16, 1918, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
Teaching Notes
Role of women in agriculture.
Reference note
Newspaper: The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95047222/1918-04-16/ed-1/seq-2
Image provided by: University of Florida
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95047222/1918-04-16/ed-1/seq-2.pdf
The Hope pioneer. [volume], August 29, 1918, Image 6
Teaching Notes
Article about changing perspective on women workers.
Reference note
Newspaper: The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87096037/1918-08-29/ed-1/seq-6
Image provided by: State Historical Society of North Dakota
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87096037/1918-08-29/ed-1/seq-6.pdf
The Lakeland evening telegram., September 25, 1918, Image 2
Teaching Notes
Reference - Ida Ogilvie
Reference note
Newspaper: The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95047222/1918-09-25/ed-1/seq-2
Image provided by: University of Florida
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95047222/1918-09-25/ed-1/seq-2.pdf
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume], April 17, 1919, Page 7, Image 7
Teaching Notes
Woman's Land Army of America being recognized.
Reference note
Newspaper: Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024808/1919-04-17/ed-1/seq-7
Image provided by: Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024808/1919-04-17/ed-1/seq-7.pdf
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume], April 13, 1920, Page 6, Image 6
Teaching Notes
Woman's Land Army - Recruiting.
Reference note
Newspaper: Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024808/1920-04-13/ed-1/seq-6
Image provided by: Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024808/1920-04-13/ed-1/seq-6.pdf
Women's Land Army Kept America's Farms Alive
Teaching Notes
Women's Land Army delivered a new breed of farm worker to America's farms during the war years.
The Women's Land Army During World War II
Teaching Notes
Article from Prologue Winter 1993 Prologue Vol. 25, no. 4
World War I the Women's Land Army
Thesis: The Womens Land Army During WWII
Teaching Notes
1997 At the agricultural front: the Women 's Land Army during World War II Stephanie Ann Carpenter Iowa State University
Evening star. [volume], May 05, 1918, Page 2, Image 38
Teaching Notes
Info on the Woman's Land Army.
Reference note
Newspaper: Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1918-05-05/ed-1/seq-38
Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1918-05-05/ed-1/seq-38.pdf
New-York tribune. [volume], March 16, 1918, Page 13, Image 13
Teaching Notes
Helen Stevens is referenced. (Person in the book Doing Her Bit by Erin Hagar).
Reference note
Newspaper: New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1918-03-16/ed-1/seq-13
Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1918-03-16/ed-1/seq-13.pdf
Newark post., September 11, 1918, Image 8
Teaching Notes
Women's Land Army article
Reference note
Newspaper: Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88053005/1918-09-11/ed-1/seq-8
Image provided by: University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88053005/1918-09-11/ed-1/seq-8.pdf
Newark post., September 11, 1918, Image 8
Teaching Notes
Article on Women's Land Army
Reference note
Newspaper: Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88053005/1918-09-11/ed-1/seq-8
Image provided by: University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88053005/1918-09-11/ed-1/seq-8.pdf