000850438 000__ 01555cam\a2200289Ia\4500 000850438 001__ 850438 000850438 005__ 20210515154347.0 000850438 008__ 180416r20182003ilua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\d 000850438 020__ $$a9780875807966$$q(paperback) 000850438 020__ $$a0875807968$$q(paperback) 000850438 035__ $$a(OCoLC)on1031337529 000850438 035__ $$a850438 000850438 040__ $$aYDX$$beng$$cYDX$$dWSU$$dOCLCO$$dISE 000850438 049__ $$aISEA 000850438 050_4 $$aD810.W7$$bC368 2018 000850438 1001_ $$aCarpenter, Stephanie A. 000850438 24510 $$aOn the farm front :$$bthe Women's Land Army in World War II /$$cStephanie A. Carpenter. 000850438 264_1 $$aDeKalb :$$bNorthern Illinois University Press,$$c2018. 000850438 300__ $$aviii, 214 pages :$$billustrations ;$$c23 cm 000850438 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 191-203) and index. 000850438 5050_ $$aIntroduction -- Part I: Creating the women's land army -- Prewar precendents -- The federal government and the WLA -- "Now we're set"-outfitting the WLA -- "Pitch in and help"-calling women to farms -- -- Part II: The women's land army in action -- The east-Dorothy Thompson led the way -- The west-"ho! for a tall glass of lemonade!" -- The midwest-in the house or in the fields -- The south-when race and class get in the way -- The WLA and postwar women. 000850438 61020 $$aWomen's Land Army (United States)$$xHistory. 000850438 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1939-1945$$xFood supply$$zUnited States. 000850438 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1939-1945$$xWomen$$zUnited States. 000850438 650_0 $$aAgriculture$$xEconomic aspects$$zUnited States. 000850438 650_0 $$aFood supply$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000850438 650_0 $$aWomen farmers$$zUnited States. 000850438 85200 $$bgen$$hD810.W7$$iC368$$i2018 000850438 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:850438$$pGLOBAL_SET 000850438 980__ $$aBIB 000850438 980__ $$aBOOK