Cultivating Victory: The Women's Land Army and the Victory Garden Movement

by Cecilia Gowdy-Wygant

Book Overview

During the First and Second World Wars, food shortages reached critical levels in the Allied nations. The situation in England, which relied heavily on imports and faced German naval blockades, was particularly dire. Government campaigns were introduced in both Britain and the United States to recruit individuals to work on rural farms and to raise gardens in urban areas. These recruits were primarily women, who readily volunteered in what came to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822966654
• ISBN13: 9780822966654
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"