Women's Land Army
The Women's Land Army (WLA) was a British civilian organisation created during the First and Second World Wars so women could work in agriculture, replacing men called up to the military. Women who worked for the WLA were commonly known as Land Girls. In effect the Land Army operated to place women with farms that needed workers, the farmers being their employers.
Here is a photoshoot re-enacting that period where the girls show how they worked, rest and played.
Here is a photoshoot re-enacting that period where the girls show how they worked, rest and played.
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LG45
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Andrew Hawkes