Book
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- CENTRAL: Children's Collection
Doing her bit : a story about the Woman's Land Army of America
Call Number
- JE STORIES HAGA (CEN)
Publication Information
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2016]
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Audience
Ages 6-9.
Summary
Based on true events, this fictional story traces the history of the Women's Land Army during World War I. Real-life "Farmerette" Helen Stevens trains to farm the land, negotiates a position for herself and other women, and does her bit for the war effort. This unique book celebrates the true grit of American men and women.
Contents
- Helen wants to contribute to the war effort after the United States goes to war in 1917
- so she joins the Women's Land Army of America, an organization that trains women to do farm work, replacing the workers drafted into the army.
Subjects
- World War, 1914-1918 > United States > Juvenile fiction.
- World War, 1914-1918 > Women > New York (State) > Juvenile fiction.
- Agricultural laborers > New York (State) > Juvenile fiction.
- Farm life > New York (State) > History > Juvenile fiction.
- World War, 1914-1918 > United States > Fiction.
- World War, 1914-1918 > Women > Fiction.
- Agricultural laborers > Fiction.
- Farm life > New York (State) > History > Fiction.
- New York (State) > History > Juvenile fiction.
- New York (State) > History > Fiction.
- Women's Land Army of America > Juvenile fiction.
- Women's Land Army of America > Fiction.
- Stevens, Helen Kennedy > Juvenile fiction.