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They were given back breaking work to do like:
- Ditching
- Hedging
- Muck-spreading
- Ploughing
- Planting
- Digging up potatoes
- Harvesting fruit
- Haymaking
- Threshing
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoAt first, only single women aged 20-30 were called up, but by mid-1943, almost 90 per cent of single women and 80 per cent of married women were working in factories, on the land or in the armed forces.
Huge numbers of women were involved in the war effort and many joined the armed forces even though they did not have to:
- 640,000 in the armed forces;
- 55,000 serving with guns and providing essential air defence;
- 80,000 thousand in the Land Army;
- plus many more who flew unarmed aircraft, drove ambulances, worked as nurses and worked behind enemy lines in the European resistance.
The Women's Land Army
What was the Women's Land Army?
As the prospect of war became increasingly likely, the government wanted to increase the amount of food grown within Britain. In order to grow more food, more help was needed on the farms and so the government started the Women's Land Army.
When was it started?
The Women's Land Army was set up in June 1939.
What kind of jobs did the Land Army do?
The girls of the land army looked after animals, ploughed the fields, dug up potatoes, harvested the crops, killed the rats, dug and hoed for 48 hours a week in the winter and 50 hours a week in the summer.
The women earned £1,85 for a working week with a minimum of 50 hours. In 1944 the wages were increased to £2.85.
Memorial to war women
The memorial stands in Whitehall, about a hundred yards from the cenotaph. The 22ft-high bronze sculpture depicts the uniforms and working clothes worn by women during the war.
The bronze sculpture depicts working women in the war
Further information
Find out more information about the important role of women during the war.
caber.open.ac.uk
Photographs of women taken during the war
Stories of real women in the Second World War, including journalists, secret agents and resistance fighters, as well as ordinary civilians.
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∙ 11y agoThousands of farm workers had joined the forces and British farming was at a crisis point. Britain needed those vegetables and cattle and sheep to survive. The Land Army women made that possible.
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∙ 11y agoThey helped grow food and they took up farming as well .
The Women's Land Army started in world war 1.
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What did munition workers do in world war 2?
They put out fires like a fire man and they worked for the womens land army Bye
Best land army in the world?
United State
What women's organizations were established during World War 2?
Some organisations that were developed in world war 2 are as follows; The Land Armies, the Nursing Services.e.g- Australian Army Medical Women's Service.etc. Australian Women's Army Service
How old did you have to be to join the Land Army in World War 2?
18
How many women joined the land army during ww1?
over 1000
When did NZ womens Land Army start in World War 2?
June 1939 go to Woodlands Junior world war 2
What did munition workers do in world war 2?
They put out fires like a fire man and they worked for the womens land army Bye
Where did the us army land in Europe during world war 2?
Italy
Who are the womens land army womens?
The Womens Land Army were the women who took up farming jobs because the male labourers were away at war. The farming of the land to provide food for the population was considered on of the most important occupations, right up there with working in factories supplying arms to the Forces, and many of them learned new trades and discovered talents that social stereotyping had denied them.
Did any German army units land on the UK mainland during World War 2?
No.
What tools did the land army girls use in Britain during World War 2?
hoes spades and horses
What was the job of the Womens Land Army during World War 2?
During World War 2, many farm workers were called up for military service which left the agricultural industry short of labour. At the same time, farmers were being urged to produce more and more but they didn't have enough labour to carry it out. Women were then called up, some for military service but many more to work in factories or on the land. The ones who were allocated for agricultural work were given a uniform and were then members of the Women's Land Army.
What was the womens land army in World War 2?
During World War 2, most of the men who would normally have been working on farms had been called up and were fighting in the Forces. This left the farms short of workers at a time when food production should have been at its peak to feed the population as imports of food had all but stopped. To counteract this shortage of farm labour, women from all walks of life were encouraged to 'do their bit' and join the Land Army. Most had no knowledge of farming but nevertheless learned how to milk cows and drive tractors etc. They had their own Land Army uniform which was suitable for working on the land.
Did any German Army units ever land on UK soil during World War 2?
The Channel Islands were occupied by Germany during WW2.
Who has the best army on land in the world?
The united states has the best army.
What armed forced works on land during war?
The Army
Best land army in the world?
United State
