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Author Bardsley, Dianne.

Title The land girls : in a man's world, 1939-1946 / Dianne Bardsley
Published Otago, N.Z. : Otago University Press, 2000

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Description vi, 170 pages : facsimiles, illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Summary Drawing on interviews with 220 women who served as "land girls" during World War II, Bardsley (a Ph.D. candidate) relates an under-documented chapter in New Zealand's war experience. Like their Rosie the Riveter sisters, these Women's Land Service recruits
gained independence, little recognition, an
Analysis Rural communities
Social history
Women's studies (New Zealand)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 167) and index
Subject Women's Land Service (N.Z.)
Women's Land Service (New Zealand)
Women in agriculture -- New Zealand.
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- New Zealand.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- New Zealand.
World War, 1939-1945 -- New Zealand.
LC no. 2001320389
ISBN 1877133949