History
THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY (WLA) WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF HISTORY. THEY WERE FORMED IN 1917 HOWEVER THEY WERE DISBANDED AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR. IN JUNE 1939 the WLA WAS REFORMED and CONTRIBUTED TO BOOSTING BRITAIN’S FOOD PRODUCTION DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. BY 1944 THERE WERE MORE THAN 80,000 WOMEN IN THE WLA.
BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR BRITAIN IMPORTED MOST OF ITS FOOD however WHEN WAR BROKE OUT THEY NEEDED TO GROW MORE FOOD AT HOME AND INCREASE THE LAND CULTIVATION. WOMEN WERE NEEDED TO PROVIDE A RURAL WORKFORCE AS MOST MALE WORKERS JOINED THE ARMED FORCES.
the wla DID NOT ONLY FARM the LAND THEY ALSO HAD MANY OTHER JOBS INCLUDING TIMBER CORPS, DAIRY WORK AND anti vermin squads. THEY WORKED IN ALL WEATHER conditions AND COULD BE SENT ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.
BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR BRITAIN IMPORTED MOST OF ITS FOOD however WHEN WAR BROKE OUT THEY NEEDED TO GROW MORE FOOD AT HOME AND INCREASE THE LAND CULTIVATION. WOMEN WERE NEEDED TO PROVIDE A RURAL WORKFORCE AS MOST MALE WORKERS JOINED THE ARMED FORCES.
the wla DID NOT ONLY FARM the LAND THEY ALSO HAD MANY OTHER JOBS INCLUDING TIMBER CORPS, DAIRY WORK AND anti vermin squads. THEY WORKED IN ALL WEATHER conditions AND COULD BE SENT ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.