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had volunteered to serve in the Women’s

Land Army (WLA)

The Land Army was disbanded in 1950. Although the work was hard, conditions were often bad and the pay was low, many women enjoyed the experience, and formed lifelong friendships with fellow Land Girls.

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Inez Jenkins, who had served as Lady Deman's assistant director during the establishment of the WLA served as Chief Administrative Officer until 1948. The last Chief of the WLA was Amy Curtis. The WLA lasted until its official disbandment on 30 November 1950.

The majority of the Land Girls already lived in the countryside, but more than a third came from London and the industrial cities of the north of England. A separate branch was set up in 1942 for forestry industry work, officially known as the Women's Timber Corps and with its members colloquially known as "Lumber Jills" – this was disbanded in 1946.

In 1943, during the Second World War, Amelia King was refused work because she was black. The decision was overturned after being raised in the House of Commons by her MP, Walter Edwards.

They worked with crops chickens horses pony’s cows and even pigs!

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The Women's Land Army WLA made a significant contribution to boosting Britain's food production during the. Secon world war

British organisation created in 1917

The WLA came under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture, but its head was the formidable Lady Denman. Married to the former Governor General of

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Before the Second World War, Britain had imported much of its food. When war broke out, it was necessary to grow more food at home and increase the amount of land in cultivation. With many male agricultural workers joining the armed forces, women were needed to provide a new rural workforce.

The WLA had originally been set up in 1917 but disbanded at the end of the First World War. It reformed in June 1939. Women were initially asked to volunteer to serve in the Land Army and, from December 1941, could also be conscripted into land work. At its peak in 1944, there were more than 80,000 women – often known as 'land girls' – in the WLA.

Land girls did a wide variety of jobs on the land. They worked in all weathers and conditions and could be directed to work anywhere in the country.

Here are 10 surprising facts about the work of the WLA during the Second World War.

Fact 2: many land girls lived in hostels

Fact 3: there were strict rules about how to wear the WLA uniform

Fact 4: a quarter of all land girls did dairy work

Fact 5: land girls were employed as rat catchers

Fact 6: land girls were paid less than men for the same work so unfair

Fact 7: land girls were employed by Kew gardeners

Fact 8: land girls worked on land reclamation

Fact 9: the WLA had a specialist forestry branch called the timber corps

Fact 10: land girls sometimes worked pows

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