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

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