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Author:

Weiss, Elaine F., 1952-

Title:

Fruits of victory : the Woman's Land Army of America in the Great War / Elaine F. Weiss.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Potomac Books,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xi, 315 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women's Land Army of America--History.
World War, 1914-1918--Women--United States.
World War, 1914-1918--War work--United States.
World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Female.
World War, 1914-1918--Food supply--United States.
World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States.
Women farmers--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

1597972738 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781597972734 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)257557388

LCCN:

2008042104

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington) — 940.373 W429f