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One of the last unrecognised stories of the Second World War was the efforts of the Lumberjills.They kept the nation's forestry working and their work is yet quite unknown. I have found a projectstriving to gather information in the Guardian called:

Women of the woods, come forward! Your place in history awaits.

Curra L.

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Women of the woods, come forward! Your place in history awaits

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The Forestry Commission is looking for its wartime 'Lumberjills', who might have had Michael Palin ('I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK...) in raptures

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Undoubtedly, if I had to choose one of the trades of these women in times of war, I would have preferred to be a 'Lumber Jill'. And I'm not saying that their work was more comfortable or easier and less hard, but I like the idea of holding an ax and living near the forest areas. I'm glad they brought something good out of something like a war: women became more independent and stronger by tearing down cultural conventions. Juan V.

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Can you imagine for a moment what kind of motivation the Women's Timber Corps needed to go to the forest to cut trees in winter?
Prim said that one year, it was a really bad winter, lots of snow and only two men turned up for work. The girls used the electric saws and cut up timber in the yard. The next day, the men were amazed and wanted to know how the wood got cut They couldn't believe that they turned up in the snow.
Elena L.

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When I read the book, I was moved by the work of all the women within the WTC in general, but in particular by the work done by Rosalind, who was able to do her job as if she was a man. She told us in the book "What did you do in the war, mum?" that she used to attach chains from the fallen logs to the horses without getting entangled. And she said : " I was a bit small and was quick and agile, so I was god (sic) at it".

In this topic, women show that they can become  as valid as men, but in fact, our society has serious difficulties in recognizing this.

Ángeles R.

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In life, when everything around you becomes so difficult, suddenly, an inner strength grows to allow us to survive and, in many cases, brings out the best in oneself.

It’s extraordinary to verify the feeling of belonging to a society and a country, to collaborate for the common good as these women did.
Alberto S.

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Despite being a job that required great physical strength, women showed great skill and desire to improve, as they say, brain over brawn. For this reason, these women should have received the recognition much earlier because many of them haven’t been able to see it .

Celia T.

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The effort made by women convinced men, in most cases, that women could be as good workers as they were.

The stories provided by the women who belonged to Timber Corps show that they were able to perform all kinds of tasks such as felling, cutting and working in sawmills.

D. Serrano

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In Prim´s interview a popular English actor, James Mason is mentioned. Researching on the Internet, I discovered that he was a conscientious objector during WW2.  I wonder how these anti-heroes would be considered by the rest of the people in a time when everybody was encouraged to fight for their country.

Isabel G

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It can be said that the capacity demonstrated by women during WW2 was a step forward in their struggle for their rights. An example of this was Prim, who was able to demand a salary raise after demonstrating her value during WW2.
However, it is a pity that today the importance of these women has not yet been recognized.
Pedro C.

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Despite being a risky and insecure job, what I have read makes me think that it was a job that made the women feel useful and allowed them to grow personally. Many of them felt satisfied and proud of themselves to have served in the war.

Irene T.

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In spite of the tough and dangerous work, in all the pictures we can see women laughing. They felt really proud of their contribution in the war effort. The experience made them more confident and stronger. Absolutely remarkable.

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In spite of the tough and dangerous work, in all the pictures we can see women laughing. They felt really proud of their contribution in the war effort. The experience made them more confident and stronger. Absolutely remarkable.

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Olga Montoya

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After three years' service in the Timber Corps, Prim was told that she was going to go back to her job as an invoice clerk. The boss told her that she would get £3,. However,  she said “No”. Before the war she would never  have done that, but certainly the war made women stronger.

PILAR C.

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What a hard job did those women! The more timber you produce, the more ships are released for the offensive. Thanks to these real testimonies,  we  can understand that the war was not only won by MEN.
Elena R.

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Not every Lumber Jill, as they were called, was fortunate enough to live in the same good condition as others in their huts. Many had no running water.  In spite of everything, a work as hard as the one assigned to them contributed to the maintenance and creation of new fundamental infrastructures to fight the enemy. They did an admirable job.
Vicente E.

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It was pleasant to read the story of Prim, as through her words I could feel that she was proud and satisfied for the work that she did as a part of the Timber Corps. It was also outstanding that the situation for women during the WWII made them brave and aware of their worth. For instance, when Prim went back to her job she was able to ask for an increase in her salary, something that she would not have done before her experience in the Timber Corps. Katherine V.

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Despite being  a very hard job, with  really hard temperatures, they worked outdoors, they had strict medical controls and the food was fantastic .

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As far as I am concerned, this is a job that required a lot of physical and mental strength and for that, I believe that this is one of the hardest jobs. They should had received their recognition earlier.

Ana M. de H.

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In addition to the great contribution that women had to help during World War II, I am surprised both by de strength they demonstrated and by the personal teaching that this experience entailed.

Belen M.

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As we can read at the end of the page,   most of them thought they  would  never have done this work before the war, because that kind of thinking was engraved in society. Women realised they could do any work as well as men and I completely agree. Women knew how important it was for the war, for this reason they felt really proud of their contribution.

CARLOS T.

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I do not think that before doing those jobs, they imagined that they could do them. Once more they showed that women can do the same work as men. For these ones it was a shock. Women recognised their autonomy.

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I do not think that before doing those jobs, they imagined that they could do them. Once more they showed that women can do the same work as men. For these ones it was a shock. Women recognised their autonomy.

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Leli S.

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In the book" What  did you do in the war, mum"

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In the book" What  did you do in the war, mum"

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Prim tells us that they learned how to make pit props to go down the mines and how to scrape away the bark of the thin trees to make telegram poles.
They started to work about 8 a.m. and it depended on how light it was when they finished.
Loli R.

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CHALLENGE #2 Why did Timber Corps girl think they were better than the Land Girls? 

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CHALLENGE #2 Why did Timber Corps girl think they were better than the Land Girls? 

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Timber Corps girls thought they were better than Land girls because they earned more money and the work they did required more strength. They even had muscles.
Montse S.

We have only one story about Timber Corps girls, the one by Prim. She finally says that they Timber Corps girls were snooty and they thought that they were better than the Land Girls because they worked harder and they got more pay.
Susana R.

At the end of her story, Prim mentions that the Timber Corps girls were snooty and that they thought they were better than the Land Girls, because they worked harder and they got more pay.

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The statue dedicated to the Lumberhills shows us brave, strong women. In addition to this, the women from the video seemed really nostalgic when they were looking at  their photos  from the war.
Toñi N.

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CHALLENGE #1 The girls had some workmates they were not allowed to talk to. Why?

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CHALLENGE #1 The girls had some workmates they were not allowed to talk to. Why?

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The girls weren't allowed to speak with the Italian prisoners. In her story, Prim says that they were paired off with them just for working together.
Victoria L.

I suppose you refer to the Italian men that were sent to work to the saw mill.  Girls weren't allowed to speak to them,  as they were prisoners, so part of the enemy . Prim tells a humorous anecdote about that.
Trini M.

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These women are proof that both men and women can perform the same jobs, although these women received a salary below the men's salary.

I also believe that it is a pity that these women seek an official recognition from Queen Elizabeth II sixty years later.
Noelia. G