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Re: two questions, now Women's Land Army



Check with the Dept. of Special Collections, National Agricultural Library,
Beltsville, Maryland.  They have at least one folder of material on the Women's
Land Army, 1941-1945, in the USDA History Collection.

Special Collections web site is http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/.  The Guide to
the USDA History Collection can be found at
http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/collect/history/usdaguid.htm.

Alan H. Haeberle
Archivist, Office of Senator Orrin Hatch
104 Hart Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC  20510
202-224-3743
202-224-6331 (fax)
alan_haeberle@hatch.senate.gov

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Subject:    Re: two questions, now Women's Land Army
Author: "Denman; Joan" <JDenman@WW2.FSU.EDU>
Date:       7/19/02 9:30 AM

In the current discussion about German POWs held in the U.S., there have
been some mentions about POWs being used as farm labor in some areas.
Along this line, does anyone have any materials on the Women's Land Army
during the war in the U.S? Approximately, three million women, worked as
volunteers, or for room and board/low wages, on farms throughout the
country. Some were teachers who took time during their summer to help
with tending animals, cultivating, or harvesting. There have been a few
academic articles about these women, but not books and personal memoirs
that you find on the subject from the women in Great Britain, who had a
similar program.

Do any of your repositories have any materials, oral histories, news
articles about these women?

Joan
--
Joan E. Denman
Archival Manager &
Senior Archivist
Institute on World War II
& the Human Experience
Department of History
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2200
850-644-9033
Institute's Email: ww2@ww2.fsu.edu
Institute's webpage: www.fsu.edu/~ww2

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