Holding the Home Front: The Women's Land Army in the First World War

by Caroline Scott

Book Overview

In recent years the Second World War's land girl has caught the public imagination. We've seen her in films, television series and novels. We might be misremembering her, we might have distorted her image into one that suits a twenty-first century audience, but we haven't forgotten. Other things have been forgotten, though. One could be forgiven for supposing that the story of the Women's Land Army starts in 1939. But its a much older and more complicated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526781492
• ISBN13: 9781526781499
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"