War and Agriculture in the United States, 1914-1941
Author : United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Library
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 18,23 MB
Release : 1942
Category : Agriculture
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Author : United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Library
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 18,23 MB
Release : 1942
Category : Agriculture
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Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher :
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 16,3 MB
Release : 1944
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Bela Gold
Publisher : Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law, 551
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 50,30 MB
Release : 1949
Category : Business & Economics
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Author : United States. Department of Agriculture. Interbureau Committee on Post-war Programs
Publisher :
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 23,74 MB
Release : 1945
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Richard James Hammond
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 26,60 MB
Release : 1954
Category : History
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Author : United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 17,79 MB
Release : 1943
Category : Farmers
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 36,60 MB
Release : 1945
Category : Agriculture
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Author :
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Page : 130 pages
File Size : 35,30 MB
Release : 1943
Category : World War, 1939-1945
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Author : Stephanie A. Carpenter
Publisher : Northern Illinois University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,18 MB
Release : 2018-12-17
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9780875807966
Rosie the Riveter is an icon for women's industrial contribution to World War II, but history has largely overlooked the three million women who served on America's agricultural front. The Women's Land Army sent volunteers to farms, canneries, and dairies across the country, accounting for the majority of wartime agricultural labor. On the Farm Front tells for the first time the remarkable story of these women who worked to ensure both "Freedom from Want" at home and victory abroad. Formed in 1943 as part of the Emergency Farm Labor Program, the WLA placed its workers in areas where American farmers urgently needed assistance. Many farmers in even the most desperate areas, however, initially opposed women working their land. Rural administrators in the Midwest and the South yielded to necessity and employed several hundred thousand women as farm laborers by the end of the war, but those in the Great Plains and eastern Rocky Mountains remained hesitant, suffering serious agricultural and financial losses as a consequence. Lynne Carpenter reveals for the first time how the WLA revolutionized the national view of farming. By accepting all available women as agricultural workers, farmers abandoned traditional labor and stereotypical social practices. When the WLA officially disbanded in 1945, many of its women chose to remain in their agricultural jobs rather than return to a full-time home life or prewar employment. On the Farm Front illuminates the Women's Land Army's unique contribution to prosperity and victory, showing how this landmark organization changed the role of women in American society.
Author : Walter W.. Wilcox
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 24,59 MB
Release : 1973-02-21
Category : Business & Economics
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