Weiss, Elaine F.,  1952- <br/><br/>
Fruits of victory :  the Woman's Land Army of America in the Great War / 
Elaine F. Weiss. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Potomac Books,  c2008. 
 - xi, 315 p., [24] p. of plates :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-306) and index. 
<br/><br/>Liberty Day -- The girl with a hoe behind the man with a gun. The right to serve : a British Land Army ; Female preparedness ; An agricultural army ; Suffrage agriculture ; Soil sisters ; A feminine invasion of the land : the Bedford Camp ; Farmerettes abd Hoover Helpers : Fall 1917 ; Women on the land ; A hysterical appeal ; A fine propaganda : the Fair Farmerette and her publicity machine ; Enlist now! -- The Patriot Farmerette. In bifurcated garb of toil : California ; Hortense Powdermaker in Maryland ; Cultivating the soothing weed : Connecticut ; Libertyville : Illinois ; Girls who thought potatoes grew on trees : New England ; The Farmerette in Wanamaker's window : selling the Land Army in New Jersey ; Georgia cotton ; Harsh terrain ; Miss Diehl and the Wellesley Experiment Station ; Tiller, planter, gleaner : New York ; Marriage of convenience ; A hungry world ;Carry on ; Farmerette redux : 1919 and beyond. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781597972734 (hardcover : alk. paper) :  $29.95 1597972738 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008042104 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Women's Land Army of America--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1914-1918--Women--United States.<br/>World War, 1914-1918--War work--United States.<br/>World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Female.<br/>World War, 1914-1918--Food supply--United States.<br/>World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States.<br/>Women farmers--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D639.W7  / W45 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.3/73082