History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1082 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Farmerettes
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The idea
The Women's Land Army sent some twenty thousand women, mostly college-educated city dwellers, to run farms as men left for the armed forces.
In practice
Farmerettes bringing in harvests men had left behind.
Where people slip
Some joined to serve the country; others, the anchor says, hoped to advance the fight for women's rights.
Your place on the trail
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