Women's Land Army of America

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The Woman's Land Army of America was a civilian organization created during the First and Second World Wars to work in agriculture replacing men called up to the military. Women who worked for the WLAA were sometimes known as farmerettes. The WLAA was modeled on the British Women's Land Army.
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referencedIn Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. One half our history [sound recording] : American women, 1820-1970. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Barnard College. Barnard College war service records, [ca. 1917-1945]. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Goucher College Class of 1903. Goucher College Class of 1903 round robin letters, 1907-1938. Goucher College, Goucher College Library
referencedIn Papers, 1931-1964 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Howard W. Lewis and Mabel Potter Lewis Collection, 1807-1920. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Illinois State Council of Defense (World War I). Women's Committee pamphlets, bulletins, and reports, 1917-1920. Illinois State Archive
creatorOf Women's Land Army Letters, 1918 Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, New Mexico History Museum.
referencedIn Garden Club of Allegheny County (Pa.). Records of Garden Club of Allegheny County (Pa.), 1913-2005. University of Pittsburgh
referencedIn University of Connecticut, Agricultural Economics Department Records., undated, 1840-1951. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn Dickey, Edna F. (Edna Frances),. Oral history interview, 1981. Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History, Maine Folklife Center
referencedIn Garden Club of Philadelphia. Garden Club of Philadelphia records, 1900-2003. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Women's Land Army of America. Women's Land Army letters, 1918. Museum of New Mexico Library
referencedIn Carol Hutchings MaynardPapers 1905-2002 1910s-50s Sophia Smith Collection
referencedIn Dial, Rebecca. Rebecca Dial papers, 1922-1960. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Historical Society of Pennsylvania. War Posters collection, 1914-1945. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn General Records, 1918–1919 National Archives at Kansas City
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contributorOf American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918 National Archives at College Park

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associatedWith Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. corporateBody
associatedWith Barnard College. corporateBody
associatedWith Dial, Rebecca. person
associatedWith Dickey, Edna F. (Edna Frances), person
associatedWith Ferguson, Isabella person
associatedWith Garden Club of Allegheny County (Pa.) corporateBody
associatedWith Garden Club of Philadelphia. corporateBody
associatedWith Goucher College Class of 1903. corporateBody
associatedWith Historical Society of Pennsylvania. corporateBody
associatedWith Illinois State Council of Defense (World War I) corporateBody
associatedWith Maynard, Carol Hutchings, 1895-1973 person
associatedWith Thérèse Bonney, 1894-1978 person
associatedWith Trumbull, R. S. person
associatedWith Trumbull, R. S. person
associatedWith University of Connecticut, Agricultural Economics Department corporateBody
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Agricultural wages
Agricultural wages
World War, 1914-1918
Women agricultural laborers
Women agricultural laborers
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