Who were the Land Girls and Lumber Jills?
The WLA and WTC were formed in 1917 to help meet growing demands for home production during the long struggle of World War I, and remained active during both World Wars. Women of the Land Army, or ‘Land Girls’ as they became known, took on all types of agricultural work. From sowing to harvesting, calving to shearing, this was hard physical work that until the war had largely been undertaken by men. The Women’s Timber Corps too was vital, as these ‘Lumber Jills’ supplied the wood used for manufacturing, energy production and much more.
