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Author Gowdy-Wygant, Cecilia, author.

Title Cultivating victory : the Women's Land Army and the Victory Garden movement / Cecilia Gowdy-Wygant
Published Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (240 pages)
Contents The First World War -- The Second World War -- Cultivation and Cultural Transcendence
Summary A study of the sea change brought about in politics, society, and gender roles during World Wars I and II by campaigns to recruit Women's Land Armies in Great Britain and the United States to cultivate victory gardens. The author compares and contrasts the outcomes of war in both nations as seen through women's ties to labor, agriculture, the home, and the environment. The book sheds light on the cultural legacies left by the Women's Land Armies and their major role in shaping national and personal identities. -- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index
Notes English
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Subject Women's Land Army (U.S.) -- History
Women's Land Army (Great Britain) -- History
SUBJECT Women's Land Army (Great Britain) fast
Subject Victory gardens -- United States -- History
Victory gardens -- Great Britain -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
GARDENING -- Essays.
GARDENING -- Reference.
GARDENING -- Vegetables.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Horticulture.
HISTORY -- General.
Victory gardens
Great Britain
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012047728
ISBN 9780822978572
0822978571
1322068666
9781322068664
0822966654
9780822966654